Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark

Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind

Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind

It is not what he had, or even what he does, which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is