If I could prescribe only one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence.

And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

The thing that cowardice fears most is decision

Teach me, 0 God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but rather teach me to breathe deeply in faith.

On the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart