In the usual course of study I had come to a book of a certain Cicero.
O that men would know themselves to be men; and that he that glorieth would glory in the Lord.
So give to the poor; I’m begging you, I’m warning you, I’m commanding you, I’m ordering you.
If there is something more excellent than the truth, then that is God; if not, then truth itself is God.
Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.
Carnal lust rules where there is no love of God.
Choose to love whomsoever thou wilt: all else will follow.
For God loves saving, not condemning, and therefore He is patient with bad people, in order to make good people out of bad people.
Poetry is the Devil’s wine.
For it is better to suffer a little want than to have too much.
Whoever is still seeking for miracles so that he may believe is himself a wonder, who does not believe while the world around him does.
Unjust laws aren’t laws at all.
Understanding is the wages of faith.
The love of our neighbor hath its bounds in each man’s love of himself.
While the best men are guided by love, most mean are still goaded by fear.
The playthings of our elders are called business.
We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God .
Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs.
Hell was made for the inquisitive.
Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms.