“We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble.”

“While we exert ourselves to grow beyond our humanity, to leave the human behind us, God becomes human; and we must recognize that God wills that we be human, real human beings. While we distinguish between pious and godless, good and evil, noble and base, God loves real people without distinction. ”

“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

“What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become.”

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“We are not sure what we will become, only what we want to and don’t want to. We often become what we never thought we could, then we become fine with that.”