Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man’s wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would...

Better to have fewer wants than greater riches to supply increasing wants.

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears...

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

For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond doubt it is just as easy for Him not to allow...

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Understanding is the reward of faith.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions...

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.

The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call ‘Christian’ the true religion which existed before.

Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hear the other side.