There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
O Master, make me chaste, but not yet!
We judge all things according to the divine truth.
Purity of soul cannot be lost without consent.
If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing.
The Heavenly City outshines Rome beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity.