I affirm that gain is precisely that which comes oftener to the bad man than to the good; for illegitimate gains never come to the good at all, because they reject them. And lawful gains rarely come to the good, because, since much anxious care is needful thereto, and the anxious care of the good man is directed to weightier matters, rarely does the good man give sufficient attention thereto. Wherefore it is clear that in every way the advent of these riches is iniquitous.
The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, and the most conformable to His goodness, and that which He prizes the most, was the freedom of will, with which the creatures with intelligence, they all and they alone, were and are endowed.
If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.
There is no greater pain than to remember, in our present grief, past happiness.
I am searching for that which every man seeks-peace and rest.
"The love of God, unutterable and perfect, flows into a pure soul the way light rushes into a transparent object. The more love that it finds, the more it gives itself: so that, as we grow clear and open, the more complete the joy of heaven is. And the more souls who resonate together, the greater the intensity of their love, and, mirror like, each soul reflects the other.
A rapid bolt will rend the clouds apart, and every single White be seared by wounds. I tell you this. I want it all to hurt.
At the midpoint on the journey of life, I found myself in a dark forest, for the clear path was lost.
Unity in wills cannot be unless there is one will dominating and ruling all the rest to oneness... wills of mortals have need of a directive principle... therefore for the well-being of the world, there should be a monarchy.
To get back up to the shining world from there My guide and I went into that hidden tunnel, And Following its path, we took no care To rest, but climbed: he first, then I-so far, through a round aperture I saw appear Some of the beautiful things that Heaven bears, Where we came forth, and once more saw the stars.
At grief so deep the tongue must wag in vain; the language of our sense and memory lacks the vocabulary of such pain.
The man who lies asleep will never waken fame, and his desire and all his life drift past him like a dream, and the traces of his memory fade from time like smoke in air, or ripples on a stream.
No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse memories of joy.
Seldom indeed does human virtue rise From trunk to branch.
Now you know how much my love for you burns deep in me when I forget about our emptiness, and deal with shadows as with solid things.
... Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria. (There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery.)
For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.
My course is set for an uncharted sea.
Lying in a featherbed will bring you no fame, nor staying beneath the quilt, and he who uses up his life without achieving fame leaves no more vestige of himself on Earth than smoke in the air or foam upon the water.
My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates.
Infinite goodness has such wide arms.
He who awaits the call, but sees the need, Already sets his spirit to refuse it.
Reason flies When following the senses, on clipped wings.
As one who sees in dreams and wakes to find the emotional impression of his vision still powerful while its parts fade from his mind - Just such am I, having lost nearly all the vision itself, while in my heart I feel the sweetness of it yet distill and fall.
As fall the light autumnal leaves, one still the other following, till the bough strews all its honors on the earth below.
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