In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, [Lucifer] could find nothing to think of more interesting than his own prestige.

Pity was meant to be a spur that drives joy to help misery. But it can be used the wrong way round. It can be used for a kind of blackmailing. Those who choose misery can hold joy up to ransom, by pity.

Forgive us as we forgive- we are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it is to refuse Gods mercy for ourselves.

In silence and in meditation on the eternal truths, I hear the voice of God which excites our hearts to greater love.

If God had granted all the silly prayers I've made in my life, where should I be now?

A powerful dragon crying its eyes out under the moon in a deserted valley is a sight and a sound hardly to be imagined.

As long as you are proud, you cannot know God.