Is any man skillful enough to have fashioned himself?

If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?

Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace.

The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it; and when it no longer feels any desire, then it possesses perfect charity.

My love for you, Lord, is not an uncertain feeling, but a matter of concious certainty. With your word you pierced my heart, and I loved you. But heaven and earth and everything in them on all sides tell me to love you.

In all your movements, let nothing be evident that would offend the eyes of another.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.