God suffers not the pain of repentance, nor is He deceived in any matter, so that He would wish to correct that wherein He has erred. But as when a man repents of anything, he wishes to change what he has done; thus where you hear that God repents, look for an actual change. God does it differently from you, although He calls it by the name of repentance; for thou dost it, because you had erred; while He does it, because He avenges, or frees.

Really great things, when discussed by little men, can usually make such men grow big.

In all your movements, let nothing be evident that would offend the eyes of another.

For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

Where Scripture speaks of the world's creation, it is not plainly said whether or when the angels were created; but if mention is made, it is implicit under the name of "heaven," when it is said, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds.

Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.