All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. - Blaise Pascal

Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it might be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive, make good men wish it were true, and then show that it is.

Any man can do what Mahomet did. For he preformed miracles and was not foretold. No man can do what Christ did.

L'art de persuader consiste autant en celui d'agréer qu'en celui de convaincre, tant les hommes se gouvernent plus par caprice que par raison.