We make Idols of our concepts, but Wisdom is born of wonder

Obedience is the only virtue that plants the other virtues in the heart and preserves them after they have been planted.

You don't climb a mountain in leaps and bounds, but by taking it slowly.

We make Idols of our concepts, but Wisdom is born of wonder

As long as the vice of gluttony has a hold on a man, all that he has done valiantly is forfeited by him: and as long as the belly is unrestrained, all virtue comes to naught.

You cannot acquire the gift of peace if by your anger you destroy the peace of the Lord.

Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity. Justice must be accompanied by humility, that humility may render justice lovable.