We both exist and know that we exist, and rejoice in this knowledge.

There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the Church.

I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.

It was in His flesh that Christ walked among us and it is His flesh that He has given us to eat for our salvation; but no one eats of this flesh without having first adored it . . . and not only do we not sin in thus adoring it, but we would be sinning if we did not do so.

We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.

What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith.

Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.