It is not often that we use language correctly; usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning.

AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness.... In Luke [14:23] it is written: "Compel people to come in!" By threats of the wrath of God, the Father draws souls to his Son.

O Sacrament of Love! O sign of Unity! O bond of Charity! He who would have Life finds here indeed a Life to live in and a Life to live by.

Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself back to me. Lo, I love you, but if my love is too mean, let me love more passionately. I cannot gauge my love, nor know how far it fails, how much more love I need for my life to set its course straight into your arms, never swerving until hidden in the covert of your face.

Doubt is but another element of faith.

To dye oneself with paints in order to have a rosier or a paler complexion is a lying counterfeit.

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.