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how shall we be beautiful? By loving the One who is always beautiful. The more love grows in you, the more beauty grows: for love itself is the beauty of the soul.

I am no more than a child, but my Father lives for ever and I have a Protector great enough to save me.

We have wandered far from God; and if we wish to return to our Father's home, this world must be used, not enjoyed, that so the invisible things of God may be clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,—that is, that by means of what is material and temporary we may lay hold upon that which is spiritual and eternal.

It is not reason which turns the young man from God; it is the flesh. Skepticism but provides him with the excuses for the new life he is leading.