A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.

Law is twofold -- natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on tables. All men are under the natural law.

The likeness of Your Church, O Lord, is that woman who went behind and touched the hem of Your garment, saying within herself: 'If I do but touch His garment I shall be whole' (Mt. 9:21). So the Church confesses her wounds, but desires to be healed.

For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?

It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.

If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.

The prime objective of all Initiatory music in the Temples of Antiquity was to bring about physical purification and renewal, mental stimulation and alertness, spiritual exhilaration and Illumination.