Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.

It is, therefore, not proper for God thus to pass over sin unpunished.

I have written the little work that follows . . . in the role of one who strives to raise his mind to the contemplation of God and one who seeks to understand what he believes.

Therefore Lord God, you are more truly omnipotent, because you have no power through impotence and nothing can be against you.

A Prayer of Anselm My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you that I may rejoice in you. And if I may not do so fully in this life let me go steadily on to the day when I come to that fullness . . . Let me receive That which you promised through your truth, that my joy may be full.

There is no inconsistency in God's commanding us not to take upon ourselves what belongs to Him alone. For to execute vengeance belongs to none but Him who is Lord of all; for when the powers of the world rightly accomplish this end, God himself does it who appointed them for the purpose.

Idleness is the enemy of the soul.