Late have I loved you, O beauty ever ancient, ever new. Late have I loved you. You have called to me, and have called out, and have shattered my deafness. You have blazed forth with light and have put my blindness to flight! You have sent forth fragrance, and I have drawn in my breath, and I pant after you. I have tasted you, and I hunger and thirst after you. You have touched me, and I have burned for your peace.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

Love God, then do what you will.

Is any man skillful enough to have fashioned himself?

What are kingdoms without justice? They're just gangs of bandits.

One loving heart sets another on fire.

It is a sin to judge any man by his post