No one indeed believes anything unless he has first thought that it it to be believed.

Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.

It is not in virtue of its liberty that the human will attains to grace, it is much rather by grace that it attains to liberty.

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

You are surprised that the world is losing its grip? That the world is grown old? Don't hold onto the old man, the world; don't refuse to regain your youth in Christ, who says to you: 'The world is passing away; the world is losing its grip; the world is short of breath. Don't fear, your youth shall be renewed as an eagle.'

When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with the nature of the world than the sowing of seeds, the planting of cuttings, the transplanting of shrubs or the grafting of slips?

Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not.