“Men are so blind in their impiety that, as it were, they bump into mountains and refuse to see what hits them in the eye.”

“Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.”

“There are many going afar to marvel at the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the long courses of great rivers, the vastness of the ocean, the movements of the stars, yet they leave themselves unnoticed!”

“Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you - and behold you were with me all the time . . .”

“People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas,at the long course of the rivers,at the vast compass of the ocean,at the circular motion of the stars,and yet they pass by themselves without wondering. ”

“The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.”

“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.”