Although God is all powerful, He is unable to give more; though supremely wise, He knows not how to give more; though vastly rich, He has not more to give.

Not to give to those in need what is to you superfluous is akin to fraud.

We must be on our guard against giving interpretations which are hazardous or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of God to the ridicule of unbelievers.

Any woman who does not give birth to as many children as she is capable is guilty of murder.

I thought that continence was a matter of our own strength, and I knew that I had not the strength: for in my utter foolishness I did not know the word of Your Scripture that none can be continent unless You give it.

Someone who knows enough to become the owner of a tree, and gives thanks to you for the benefits it brings him, is in a better state, even if ignorant of its height in feet and the extent of its spread, than another who measures and counts all its branches but neither owns it nor knows its creator nor loves him.

Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo (Give me chastity and continence, but not just yet)!

God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.

Don't let your life give evidence against your tongue. Sing with your voices... sing also with your conduct.