God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves.

The ministry is a weight from which even an angel might shrink

All the dancer's gestures are signs of things, and the dance called rational, because it aptly signifies and displays something over and above the pleasure of the senses.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.

God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.

I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love...I sought what I might love, in love with loving.