God hath promised pardon to him that repenteth, but he hath not promised repentance to him that sinneth.

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.

Disasters teach us humility.

Lust desireth not procreation, but pleasure only.

And indeed we believe you [God] to be something than which a greater cannot be conceived.

God hath promised pardon to him that repenteth, but he hath not promised repentance to him that sinneth.