"Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires." — Saint Augustine

If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.

Custom is second nature.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.