“Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen”

Beware the man of a single book.

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

When the devil is called god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldiness.

Love follows knowledge.

Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.

God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.

It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship

True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.

How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?

Too much time is wasted fighting one self and life itself. Peace and fulfilment emerge the moment you embrace both.

Woman naturally seeks to embrace that which is living, personal, and whole. To cherish, guard, protect, nourish and advance growth is her natural, maternal yearning.

When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.

Dream big, my friend, and never give up. We all make mistakes, but none of us are mistakes. Take one day at a time. Embrace the positive attitudes, perspectives, principles and truths I share, and you, too, will overcome.

There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.

Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don’t embrace the status quo.

By learning to open your heart and body while embracing and trusting all energies, from rough ravishment to sublime gentleness, you can open to be lived by the mystery that lives the entire universe.

There are ultimately two choices in life: to fight it or to embrace it. If you fight it you will lose – if you embrace it you become one with it and you’ll be lived.