When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.

Love works in a circle, for the beloved moves the lover by stamping a likeness, and the lover then goes out to hold the beloved inreality. Who first was the beginning now becomes the end of motion.

I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not.

It seems that God does not exist; because if one of two contraries be infinite, the other would be altogether destroyed. But the word "God" means that He is infinite goodness. If, therefore, God existed, there would be no evil discoverable; but there is evil in the world. Therefore God does not exist.

Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee.