Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale?... A gang is a group of men... in which the plunder is divided according to an agreed convention. If this villainy... acquires territory, establishes a base, captures cities and subdues people, it then openly arrogates to itself the title of kingdom.

Love and do what you want. If you stop talking, you will stop talking with love; if you shout, you will shout with love; if you correct, you will correct with love.

The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we want only to be so. Our very nature requires it of us.

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

In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.

The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.

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