It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.

God is not greater if you reverence Him, but you are greater if you serve Him.

The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it; and when it no longer feels any desire, then it possesses perfect charity.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.

For a sentence is not complete unless each word, once its syllables have been pronounced, gives way to make room for the next.

Love, and do what you will. If you keep silence, do it out of love. If you cry out, do it out of love. If you refrain from punishing, do it out of love.