Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.

Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.

Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might be.

Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind.

For those who trust in the Divine all things are moving towards an everlasting state of happiness, and no matter what happens at any time to them, it contributes to that state.

Every single moment of a person's life, both of the understanding and of the will, is a new beginning.

Our love is our life itself. What our love is like determines how we live and therefore everything about what we are as human beings.

Conscience is God's presence in humans.

Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.

History is a burden. Stories can make us fly.

If you don't feel loved maybe the outward trappings like weddings and wedding rings become important? (Page 567)

Time went on grey, uncloured, like a long journey where she sat unconscious as the landscape unrolled beside her.

So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them.

Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People.

An undevout astronomer is mad.

The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.

The style of kindness has changed.

Everything you learn becomes a shortcut for understanding something else.