I have said before, and shall say again, that I write this book for love of your love.
The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil.
You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run.
He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing.
Our heart is restless until it rests in You.
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
All those who belong to Jesus Christ are fastened with Him to the cross.
Grace alone brings about every good work in us.
We cannot pass our guardian angel’s bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page.