Furthermore, what profit was it to me that I, rascally slave of selfish ambitions that I was, read and understood by myself as many books as I could get concerning the so-called liberal arts?...I had turned my back to the light and my face to the things it illuminated, and so no light played upon my own face, or on the eyes that perceived them.

Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence.

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

It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

One loving heart sets another on fire.

When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other's flame.