“Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.”
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Men often take their imagination for their heart and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.
Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.
Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
