In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean.
Borrowing is not much better than begging.
The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand.
For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
Nature meant woman to be her masterpiece.
To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
. . . Our Lord humbles in order to raise up, and allows the suffering of interior and exterior afflictions in order to bring about peace. He often desires some things more than we do, but wants us to merit the grace of accomplishing them by several practices of virtue and to beg for this with many prayers.
It is fear that is the greatest cause of misery in the world.
Cats are there to be indulged. That's their function: to receive the love we never fully gave our parents. Not like dogs. Dogs are there to give us the love and devotion our children will never fully give us.
You were given that pain and that vision because you have something to do with it.