"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."

"The more a thing has perfection, the more it acts, and the less it suffers."

"I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them."

"The human mind, in so far as it perceives things truly, is part of the infinite intellect of God."

"He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return."