How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity.

God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.

By the fall a poison was handed to mankind through a woman [Eve], by the Redemption man was given salvation also through a woman [Mary].

When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other's flame.

Poetry is devil's wine.

Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.

Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things.