How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.

You must be patient, you must wait for the eye of the soul to be formed in you. Religious truth is reached, not by reasoning, but by an inward perception. Anyone can reason; only disciplined, educated, formed minds can perceive.

What can this world offer comparable with that insight into spiritual things, that keen faith, that heavenly peace, that high sanctity, that everlasting righteousness, that hope of glory, which they have, who in sincerity love and follow our Lord Jesus Christ?

All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.

The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.