Henri Lacordaire Quotes

The Church had the words reason and liberty on her lips when the inalienable rights of the human race were threatened with shipwreck. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Duty is the grandest of ideas, because it implies the idea of God, of the soul, of liberty, of responsibility, of immortality. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Youth is life's beautiful moment. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Nothing wounds a friend like a want of confidence. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

The great men of antiquity were poor. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

The inner life is the whole man, and forms all the worth of man. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Wherever God is adored, he is adored in virtue of a supernatural doctrine; wherever he is despised, he is despised in the name of nature and reason. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Man forms himself in his own interior, and nowhere else. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

After speech, silence is the greatest power in the world. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Only three things are necessary to make life happy: the blessing of God, books , and a friend. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Prophecy, that universal and perpetual torch by which faith is enlightened. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

There is nothing fruitful except sacrifice. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Nothing is achieved without solitude. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

For Christians, the first of books is the Gospel and the Rosary is actually the abridgement of the Gospel. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire