Reverence: the spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man.

Remember, then, that you received a spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear. Keep safe what you received. God the Father sealed you, Christ the Lord strengthened you and sent the Spirit into your hearts as the pledge of what is to come.

There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.

Blessed, plainly, is that life which is not valued at the estimation of outsiders, but is known, as judge of itself, by its own inner feelings. It needs no popular opinions as its reward in any way; nor has it any fear of punishments. Thus the less it strives for glory, the more it rises above it. For to those who seek for glory, that reward in the shape of present things is but a shadow of future ones, and is a hindrance to eternal life, as it is written in the Scriptures: 'Truly I say to you, they have received their reward'

Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.

To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?

The Psalms are the voices of the church.