The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.

It is that of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

You cannot make men good by law.

Joy is the serious business of heaven.

The most deeply compelled action is also the freest action. By that I mean, no part of you is outside the action.

Morality is a mountain which we cannot climb by our own efforts; and if we could we should only perish in the ice and unbreathable air of the summit, lacking those wings with which the rest of the journey has to be accomplished. For it is from there that the real ascent begins. The ropes and axes are 'done away' and the rest is a matter of flying.

Obedience is the road to freedom, humility the road to pleasure, unity the road to personality.