What are wits for unless a man uses them?

Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in eternity.

Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired

I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles have nothing to do with reason. Miracles contradict reason, they strike clean across mere human deserts, and deliver and save where they will. If they made sense, they would not be miracles.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.

Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.