"As the possessor of complete knowledge, God is not mistaken about people's ex..."
"As the possessor of complete knowledge, God is not mistaken about people's experiences as people are mistaken about each others' experiences."
"My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is."
"We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors."
"I most certainly believe that it is the gift of God that I am what I am. And so I dwell amongst barbarians, a proselyte and an exile, for the love of God."
"Anyone who truly loves God travels securely."
"I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer."
"Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's."
"Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence."
"Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them."
"The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure."
"To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience."
"That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken."
"I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin."
"In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"
"A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand."
"Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much time was spent in his education, and knows nothing about letters at all."
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
"The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are."
"Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men."
"To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."
"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 to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like."
"We cannot both preach and administer financial matters."
"Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health."
"God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person."
"As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we make the confession of the creed, and our doxology in accordance with our creed."
