Fascinatio nugacitatis - Pentru ca patima să nu ne vatăme, să trăim ca şi cum n-am avea decât opt zile de trăit. - Blaise Pascal

Order. Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may 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. Worthy of reverence because it really understands human nature. Attractive because it promises true good.

The Jesuits have tried to combine God and the world, and have only earned the contempt of God and the world.

If we do not secure the foundation, we cannot secure the edifice.