“She [the Church] proclaims that we owe love, honour and service to God in the first place, and after God not to… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
“The more a man departs from lawful authority, that is, authority normally constituted, whether by God or by the nature of things, the more… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
“Just as no particular branch of knowledge is self-sufficing so all branches together are not self-sufficing without the queen of knowledge, philosophy, nor the… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
“Do you want to have a humble share in perpetuating wisdom among men, in gathering up the inheritance of the ages, in formulating the… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
“To upset the order of nature, and even more the order of God, who, for us, is more natural than nature itself, is to… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
“Whoever expresses truth expresses God, the Word, and utters therefore a word of God.” — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
Friendship is an obstetric art; it draws out our richest and deepest resources; it unfolds the wings of our dreams and hidden indeterminate thoughts;… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
“The good is the brother of the true; it will help its brother.” — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
“Inspiration is incompatible with selfish desire. Whoever wants something for himself sets truth aside. Such aims can only degrade work.” — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
“There are antecedent passion and consequent passion, that is, passion which precedes the use of reason or faith, and so hinders it; and passion… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
Very often, gleams of light come in a few minutes' sleeplessness, in a second perhaps; you must fix them. To entrust them to the… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
“Variety is precious when it expresses nature more richly by developing various aspects of it; but the variety that consists in producing cripples and… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
