When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with the nature of the world than the sowing of seeds, the planting of cuttings, the transplanting of shrubs or the grafting of slips?

The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them.

We take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ turns water into wine, in a quick motion, as it were, that we stand amazed.

Believe that others are better than you in the debths of their soul, although outwardly you may appear better than they.

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

Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.

In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You.