The mind commands the mind to will, and yet, though it be itself, it minds not. What is this monstrous thing? And why is it?
We can know what God is not, but we cannot know what He is.
If But for the Mercy of my Lord, that my paradise becomes a woman’s hell.
It is not in virtue of its liberty that the human will attains to grace, it is much rather by grace that it attains to liberty.
Virginity is not honored simply because it is virginity, but because it is consecrated of God.
Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace.
The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.
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.