Thomas a Kempis

"Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible."

"A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike."

"He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver."

"In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)"