It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds.

What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith.

The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.

The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars and they pass right by themselves without astonishment.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.