Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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.
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
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.
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
He that is jealous is not in love.
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.
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
Hear the other side.
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
