Jacques-Benigne Bossuet Quotes

The greatest weakness of all weaknesses is to fear too much to appear weak.

The inexorable boredom that is at the core of life.

The world itself makes us sick of the world.

Truth is a queen who has her eternal throne in heaven, and her seat of empire in the heart of God.

Every error is truth abused.

Well-meant ignorance is a grievous calamity in high places.

In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.

Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage. It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by a single flaw.

O death! We thank you for the light that you will shed upon our ignorance.

The worst derangement of the spirit is to believe things because we want them to be so, not because we have seen them for what they are.

To know one's self, one must go all the way to horror.

Readiness for death is that of character, rather than of occupation. It is right living which prepares for safe or even joyous dying. - Jacques

Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.