“The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.”

“How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul.”

“We say and exclaim within ourselves without breaking silence, in a tumult where everything speaks except our mouths. The realities of the soul are none the less real for being invisible and impalpable.”

“It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.”

“People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.”

“Without doubt, the mightiest thought the mind can entertain is the thought of God, and the weightest word in any language is its word for God.”