Choose to love whomsoever thou wilt: all else will follow.

We both exist and know that we exist, and rejoice in this knowledge.

By means of corporal and temporal things we may comprehend the eternal and the spiritual.

He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.

Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to be but lacks the power. On both grounds, I'm in misery.

Why then be perverted and follow thy flesh? Be it converted and follow thee.

God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.