"Woe to him who has not begged! There is nothing more exalted than to beg. God begs. The Angels beg. Kings, Prophets, …"

"Ah! The happy ones of this world who are assured their daily bread—that is, all the things necessary to bodily …"

"My anger is the effervescence of my pity."

"Unhappy writer, you had dreamt of winning souls and you have won nothing but ears!"

"You had hoped that the beloved and noble images flowing from your heart would serve as a river to carry to God many a…"

"One sees the world's evil accurately only by exaggerating it."

"Of course the avaricious man of our day, be he landlord, merchant, industrialist, does not adore sacks of coins or bu…"

"Of the truths which embarrass him he thinks it better to remain unaware."

"The Bourgeois who has religious feelings sees very clearly the absolute necessity of serving two masters at the same …"

"Tu seras invendable à perpétuité, l'Invendable, dans tes livres aussi bien que dans ta personne, et ainsi se réaliser…"