Just as it is agreed that we all wish to be happy, so it is that we all wish to be wise, since no one without wisdom is happy.

To touch God a little with our mind is a great blessing, to grasp him is impossible.

Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.

I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within

It is not that we keep His commandments first and that then He loves but that He loves us and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace which is revealed to the humble but hidden from the proud.

Doubt is but another element of faith.

Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo (Give me chastity and continence, but not just yet)!