If the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would no longer be wonderful, and faith would have no merit if reason provided proof.

The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire.

God is called jealous, angered, repentant, merciful, and foreknowing. These simply mean that, because He guards the chastity of every soul, He can, in human fashion, be called jealous, although He is not subject to any mental torment.

The Bible is a stream of running water, where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb walk without losing its feet.

Because He moves against faults, God is said to be angered, although He is moved by no disturbance of equanimity.

We ascend to the heights of contemplation by the steps of action.

The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.