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.

Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.

Dilige et quod vis fac. (Love and then what you will, do.)

Mary heard God's word and kept it, and so she is blessed. She kept God's truth in her mind, a nobler thing than carrying his body in her womb.

The world's verdict is conclusive.

By means of corporal and temporal things we may comprehend the eternal and the spiritual.

When we read a book, our most essential trait - imagination - is given the opportunity to soar.