God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.

In the usual course of study I had come to a book of a certain Cicero.

Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good.

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.

If you are suffering from a bad man's injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.

Great are those two gifts, wisdom and continence: wisdom, forsooth, whereby we are formed in the knowledge of God; continence whereby we are not conformed to this world.

This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.