By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.

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.

I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered,'' I am not He, but He made me.''

Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who is its object; justice is love serving only Him who is its object, and therefore rightly ruling; prudence is love making wise distinction between what hinders and what helps itself.

I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new!

Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.