If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery, and injustice, we are indeed blind. And if, knowing this, we do not desire deliverance, what can we say of a man...?

The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's misery without that of God causes despair. The knowledge of Jesus Christ constitutes the middle course, because in Him we find both God and our misery.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better.

Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

Venerable, because it has perfect knowledge of man; lovable because it promises the true good.

Truth is not an object to be possessed; it is a living thing recognized, cultivated by the mind and heart.