To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means.

Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.

Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might be.

Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind.

For those who trust in the Divine all things are moving towards an everlasting state of happiness, and no matter what happens at any time to them, it contributes to that state.

Every single moment of a person's life, both of the understanding and of the will, is a new beginning.

Our love is our life itself. What our love is like determines how we live and therefore everything about what we are as human beings.

Conscience is God's presence in humans.

I've learned that you know your husband still loves you when there are two brownies left and he takes the smaller one.

For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power.

He is precisely the young man to fall headlong in love and repent it for the rest of his life.

The Glass has Shattered but the Cross Remains

The church marched into his heart. Williams never abandon Anglicanism

It's not nice going into the supermarket and the woman at the till is thinking: 'Dodgy keeper'.

I actually have a degree in music and was aware that music was a tool used in therapy. I didn't realize how far it had come since I was in college in the mid-seventies.

What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.

Sexual chaos reigns currently, but out of chaos may flow true understanding and harmony, and either way Elvis almost singlehandedly opened the floodgates.

Talent is inborn, but technique is learned.