We've been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.
The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.
Make yourself a "capacity" and I will make myself a "torrent."
A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
One who knows more, loves more.
What is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.