They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.

Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me; and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Mary heard God's word and kept it, and so she is blessed. She kept God's truth in her mind, a nobler thing than carrying his body in her womb.

Quid est ergo tempus? Si nemo ex me quaerat, scio; si quaerenti explicare velim, nescio. What, then, is time? I know well enough what it is, provided that nobodyasksme; but if Iamasked what it is and try to explain, I am baffled.

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