All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.

Divinity is in all things in such a way that all things are in divinity.

God says to man: 'Be thou thyself, and I shall be thine.'

All things are in the intended endpoint, and this mode of being is called will or desire.

In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.

Love is subsequent to knowledge and to the thing known, for nothing unknown is loved.

There will be a machina mundi whose centre, so to speak, is everywhere, whose circumference is nowhere, for God is its circumference and centre and He is everywhere and nowhere.

Since beings desire to exist, because to exist is a good thing: they desire the One without which they cannot exist.

In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon faith.

In creating the world, God used arithmetic, geometry, and likewise astronomy.

With the senses man measures perceptible things, with the intellect he measures intelligible things, and he attains unto supra-intelligible things transcendently.

A true lover is like a flower.

Withholding love is a bit like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

She could feel it brimming on her lips, that superstar smile, the bow shape, the teeth long and solid tombstones.

Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.

I was definitely a thespian of sorts in elementary school. I went to a real small private school and every year I participated in the talent shows and the school plays, all of 'em.

I don't know karate, but I know crazy.

He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman's daughter; so far we are equal.

Put yourself completely under the influence of Jesus, so that he may think his thoughts in your mind, do his work through your hands, for you will be all-powerful with him to strengthen you.

Video screenshot Facts and figures from Nelson Mandela's life, set to the trailer from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.' "Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished."

Love is the ultimate, the end. You love for love's own sake. It is not a means to anything else, it is its own end.