You Learn To Love By Loving.

Marital Intercourse Is Certainly Holy, Lawful And Praiseworthy In Itself And Profitable To Society, Yet In Certain Circumstances It Can Prove Dangerous, As When Through Excess The Soul Is Made Sick With Venial Sin, Or Through The Violation And Perversion Of Its Primary End, Killed By Mortal Sin; Such Perversion, Detestable In Proportion To Its Departure From The True Order, Being Always Mortal Sin, For It Is Never Lawful To Exclude The Primary End Of Marriage Which Is The Procreation Of Children.

All True And Living Devotion Presupposes The Love Of God And Indeed It Is Neither More Nor Less Than A Very Real Love Of God, Though Not Always Of The Same Kind; For That Love One While Shining On The Soul We Call Grace, Which Makes Us Acceptable To His Divine Majesty; When It Strengthens Us To Do Well, It Is Called Charity; But When It Attains Its Fullest Perfection, In Which It Not Only Leads Us To Do Well, But To Act Carefully, Diligently, And Promptly, Then It Is Called Devotion.

The Spirit Cannot Endure The Body When Overfed, But, If Underfed, The Body Cannot Endure The Spirit.

There Are Many Who Want Me To Tell Them Of Secret Ways Of Becoming Perfect And I Can Only Tell Them That The Sole Secret Is A Hearty Love Of God, And The Only Way Of Attaining That Love Is By Loving. You Learn To Speak By Speaking, To Study By Studying, To Run By Running, To Work By Working; And Just So You Learn To Love God And Man By Loving. Begin As A Mere Apprentice And The Very Power Of Love Will Lead You On To Become A Master Of The Art.

A Spoon Full Of Honey Gets More Flies Than A Barrel Full Of Vinegar.