Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels.

How high a price we pay for the burden of habit! I am fitted for life here where I do not want to be, I want to live there but am unfit for it, and on both counts I am miserable.

It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds.

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

Free curiosity is of more value in learning than harsh discipline.

Great are those two gifts, wisdom and continence: wisdom, forsooth, whereby we are formed in the knowledge of God; continence whereby we are not conformed to this world.

I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love...I sought what I might love, in love with loving.