The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.

Believe in order to Understand and Understand in order to Believe

In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you, they would have not been at all.

Do not follow any road, but that which Christ trod. This road seems hard, but it is safe.

Why then be perverted and follow thy flesh? Be it converted and follow thee.

For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.

Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend.