“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.”

Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

The Christian religion teaches me two points-that there is a God whom men can know, and that their nature is so corrupt that they are unworthy of Him.

Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

If you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it’s possible, in everything.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

Don’t try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.

And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.

If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?

There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.

The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.

What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.