Saint

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

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

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

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

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.

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

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.