There are some desires that are not desirable.

Monotony has nothing to do with a place; monotony, either in its sensation or its infliction, is simply the quality of a person. There are no dreary sights; there are only dreary sight seers.

When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven's name to what?

No man must be superior to the things that are common to men.... Not only are we all in the same boat, but we are all seasick.

St Thomas (Aqinas) loved books and lived on books... When asked for what he thanked God most, he answered simply, ‘I have understood every page I ever read’.

The true object of human life is play.

Wherever there is animal worship, there is human sacrifice.