Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self; the heavenly by the love of God.

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.

God grants us not always what we ask so as to bestow something preferable.

His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses; present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation.

You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run.

In the house of God there is never ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God's face gives joy that never fails.

So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.