This life of man appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant.
I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.
All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.
We abide in God insofar as we do not sin.
While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall.
Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.