It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.
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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
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The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of the church to sexuality. If any single man was responsible, it was Augustine of Hippo who murdered his way to sainthood spouting on about the sins located in his genitals.
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They the hazers or eversores were rightly called Overturners, since they had themselves been first overturned and perverted, tricked by those same devils who were secretly mocking them in the very acts by which they amused themselves in mocking and making fools of others.
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O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special regard to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
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My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed.... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
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Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
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I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new!
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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe, that thou mayest understand.
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I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.
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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
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