Poetry is devil's wine.

Believe that you may understand.

It was not the visible sun, but its invisible Creator who consecrated this day for us, when the Virgin Mother, fertile of womb and integral in her virginity, brought him forth, made visible for us, by whom, when he was invisible, she too was created. A Virgin conceiving, a Virgin bearing, a Virgin pregnant, a Virgin bringing forth, a Virgin perpetual. Why do you wonder at this, O man?

I had a clear idea about what time is till I was asked to explain it and ceased to understand it altogether as soon as I began explaining it.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

The Lord says, 'Whoever has, to him shall be given' (Mt. 13:12). He will give, then, to those who have; that is to say, if they use freely and cheerfully what they have received, He will add to and perfect His gifts.

God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.