It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

Be always displeased with what you are if you wish to be what you are not. Always add, always walk, always proceed. Neither stand still nor go back nor deviate.

Beauty is the brilliance of truth.

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

You cannot attain to charity except through humility.

Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.

Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.