Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man

Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so - but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.

Who loves me will love my dog also.

Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.

Death is the gate of life. Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace. You will find something far greater in the woods than you will find in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.

Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.

Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.