And yet I do love a kind of light, melody, fragrance, food, embracement when I love my God; for He is the light, the melody, the fragrance, the food, the embracement of my inner self - there where is a brillance that space cannot contain, a sound that time cannot carry away, a perfume that no breeze disperses, a taste undimisnished by eating, a clinging together that no saiety will sunder. This is what I love when I love my God.

Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.

Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

A man may lose the good things of this life against his will; but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does so with his own consent.

War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.

Salvation is God's way of making us real people.

God in his omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom He knew not how to give more, in His riches He had not more to give, than the Eucharist.