By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.

And behold you were within me,and I out of myself, and there I searched for you.

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

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

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.