Wonder is the desire of knowledge..

The things that we love tell us what we are..

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..

To love is to will the good of the other..

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely..

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice..

The things we love tell us who we are..

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

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping..

Better to illuminate than merely to shine..

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

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust..

Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; ….

He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precept….

He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injusti….

One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about..

There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning..

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 hav….

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 y….

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth..

It is only God who creates. Man merely rearranges..