You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.

There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.

God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.

The argument is at an end.

If by fate anyone means the will or power of God, let him keep his meaning but mend his language; for fate commonly means a necessary process which will have its way apart from the will of God and men.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending.