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

For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see?

You have been professing yourself reluctant to throw off your load of illusion because truth was uncertain. Well, it is certain now, yet the burden still weighs you down, while other people are given wings on freer shoulders, people who have not worn themselves out with research, nor spent a decade and more reflecting on these questions.

There is something in humility which, strangely enough, exalts the heart, and something in pride which debases it.

He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.

God's faithful servant has no desire for people to say or to give to him, or what he likes to hear or see, for his first and greatest aim is to hear what is most pleasing to God.

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