Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.

I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within

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

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

What can be hoped for which is not believed?

Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you - and behold you were with me all the time . . .

There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and which man should not wish to learn.