Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow.

I wept not — so to stone I grew within.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

All of nature is God's art.

It was the hour of morning, when the sun mounts with those stars that shone with it when God's own love first set in motion those fair things

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions.