The custom of Mother Church in baptizing infants is certainly not to be scorned, nor is it to be regarded in any way as superfluous, nor is it to be believed that its tradition is anything except apostolic.

He who made thee is made in thee. He is made in thee through whom you were made.... Give milk, O mother, to him who is our food; give milk to the bread that comes down from heaven.

Whatever skills I have acquired, whatever gifts I have been given, I place them at Your service.

God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

It is not often that we use language correctly; usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning.

When I seek you, my God, I seek a blessed life. I shall seek you, so that my soul may live.