We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?

Whoever, therefore, thinks that he understands the divine scriptures or any part of them so that it does not build on the double love of God and of our neighbor does not understand it at all. Thus a man supported by faith, hope, and charity, with an unshaken hold upon them does not need the scriptures. . . And many live by these three things in solitude without books.

We speak, but it is God who teaches.

Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.

I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within

The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.