Why," said the saint, "did I go into the forest and the desert? Was it not because I loved mankind far too well? Now I love God! Mankind I do not love; mankind is a thing too imperfect for me. Love of mankind would be fatal to me.

“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.”

“When the oppressed, downtrodden, outraged exhort one another with the vengeful …”

“The chastest expression I have ever heard: 'Dans la véritable amour c’est l’âme…”

“If we train our conscience, it kisses us while it hurts”