Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself.

There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.

Purity both of the body and the soul rests on the steadfastness of the will strengthened by God's grace, and cannot be forcibly taken from an unwilling person.

... The soul which is led by God and His wisdom, rather than by bodily concupiscence, will certainly never consent to the desire aroused in its own flesh by another's lust.

A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens.

There could be nothing more fortunate for human affairs than that by the mercy of God they who are endowed with true piety of life if they have the skill for ruling people should also have the power.

When consent takes the form of seeking to possess the things we wish, this is called desire. When consent takes the form of enjoying the things we wish, this is called joy.

He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner.

Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace.

This is pride when the soul abandons Him to Whom it ought to cleave as its end and becomes a kind of end to itself. This happens when it becomes its own satisfaction.

His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses: present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation.

A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.

If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead.

She had no doubt in her mind what he was going to do. And while her ever-elusive shred of common sense squealed, “no, ” every thing else in her shouted, “Bring it on.

The bigness of the West makes men quiet

Religion is a veil that we often use to cover our ugliness.

I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic.

In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time.

[T]he history of science has proved that fundamental research is the lifeblood of individual progress and that the ideas that lead to spectacular advances spring from it.

The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.

Most politicians believe in just one thing - winning elections. They'll say anything to get in office and stay there.