Out of darkness is born the light.

You [God] are a fire that takes away the coldness, illuminates the mind with its light, and causes me to know your truth and I know that you are beauty and wisdom itself. The food of angels, you give yourself to man in this fire of your love

What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!

Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.

The city is the image of the soul, the surrounding walls being the frontier between the outward and inward life. The gates are the faculties or senses connecting the life of the soul with the outward world. Living springs of water rise within it. And in the centre, where beats the heart, stands the holy sanctuary.

Love does not stay idle.

Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.