AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness.... In Luke [14:23] it is written: "Compel people to come in!" By threats of the wrath of God, the Father draws souls to his Son.

You cannot attain to charity except through humility.

There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.

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

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

God without us will not as we without God cannot.

God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves.