“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”

Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.

In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.

He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.

He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.

Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.

Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.

The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.