Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending.

The sky and the earth and the waters and the things that are in them, the fishes, and the birds and the trees are not evil. All these are good; it is evil men who make this evil world.

What then, is correctness of speech but the maintenance of the practice of others, as established by the authority of ancient speakers? But the weaker men are, the more they are troubled by such matters. Their weakness stems from a desire to appear learned, not with a knowledge of things, by which we are edified, but with a knowledge of signs, by which it is difficult not to be puffed up in some way; even a knowledge of things often makes people boastful, unless their necks are held down by the Lord's yoke.

It is not often that we use language correctly; usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning.

Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.

Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer