The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.
Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
Don't spend all your time trying to win over your critics. Just run your own race.
When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two.
Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance.
[On being indecisive and changeable:] On my gravestone I want inscribed: 'On the other hand, maybe I should have lived.