“Forward! Still forward!" said he. "When it shall be time, God will tell me, as he has told the others.”

“God may sometimes appear to forget, when his justice is resting; but the time always comes when he remembers...”

“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness… Live, then and be happy beloved children of my heart and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words – wait and hope.”

“It was a strange thing: one never appeared to take a step forward int he heart or mind of this man. Those who wished, so to speak, to force their way into intimacy with him found the path blocked.”

“God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.”

“God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.”

“If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself. ”