It will not be held against you that you are ignorant against your will, but that you neglect to seek out what it is that makes you ignorant; not that you cannot bring together your wounded limbs, but that you reject Him that would heal them.

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.

Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.

So while he made you without you, he doesn't justify you without you.

The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.