The Devil invented gambling.

I was looking for something to love, for I was in love with loving, and I hated security and a smooth way, free from snares.

Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt is something one is proud of.

I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed.

A person can do other things against his will, but belief is possible only in one who is willing.

Love all men, even your enemies; love them, not because they are your brothers, but that they may become your brothers. Thus you will ever burn with fraternal love, both for him who is already your brother and for your enemy, that he may by loving become your brother.

Let us understand that God is a physician, and that suffering is a medicine for salvation, not a punishment for damnation.