As soon as there was two there was pride.
I did best when I had least truth for my subjects.
Other men's crosses are not my crosses.
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.
So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.