No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.

All language is but a poor translation.

The Fathers of the Church were not afraid to go out into the desert because they had a richness in their hearts. But we, with richness all around us, are afraid, because the desert is in our hearts.

I'm thinking only of my illness and my health, though both, the first as well as the second, are you.

Like tired dogs they stand there, because they use up all their strength in remaining upright in one's memory.

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.