Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul's beauty.

Nothing so clearly distinguishes a spiritual man as his treatment of an erring brother.

I fell away from you, my God, and I went astray, too far astray from you, the support of my youth, and I became to myself a land of want.

AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness.... In Luke [14:23] it is written: "Compel people to come in!" By threats of the wrath of God, the Father draws souls to his Son.

Love has reasons that reason knows not.

Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.

It is human to err, but it is devilish to remain willfully in error.