For it is better to suffer a little want than to have too much.

Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice than that?

The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.

It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation.

What are kingdoms without justice? They're just gangs of bandits.

The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

Our heart is restless until it rests in You.