He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.

While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall.

Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.

I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.

Christ is the Morning Star, who, when the night of this world is past, gives to his saints the promise of the light of life, and opens everlasting day.

All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.

This life of man appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant.

I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.

No man taketh away sins (which the law, though holy, just and good, could not take away), but He in whom there is no sin.

We abide in God insofar as we do not sin.

It is much easier to make an Active Patriot into a friend rather than the other way around.

You can't judge the present by the past. Each day is different, and you live it differently.

People who have experienced limited amount of success could be intimidated into thinking that it is not the will of God for them to increase

Outlawed, but not alone, for Love Is outlawed, too. You cannot banish us, proud world: We banish you.

It's much harder to be an in-house person than an outside person.

Search your heart, search your soul, and when you find me there you'll search no more.

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you"— here I opened wide the door; — Darkness there, and nothing more.

Optimism approves of everything, submits to everything, believes everything; it is the virtue above all of the taxpayer.

I did plenty of crazy stuff, but I did a lot of charity stuff. You can't stop. You want to continue to taste, and sometimes that's crazy, stupid things.

I think that the notion of justice and the issues and values that I understood growing up and [have] continued to embrace throughout my life and into my career have been the same.