Citadel of God Quotes

“not a particularly courageous one. It is better to face the problems of your own time and deal with them as best you can. As for me, I have no wish to live in a pagan Rome, whether it be in republican times or under Augustus. And under”
― Louis de Wohl, Citadel of God: A Novel about Saint Benedict

“A saint was a lover; he was in love with God. A true lover was happiest when talking to the beloved, and next to that, when he could talk about the beloved. Whatever he did, said, or thought would always encompass the beloved or be encompassed by the beloved. Lesser men were like the moon, reflecting the divine fire as light, but the lover, the saint, was like the sun, lit up by the divine fire, burning and yet not consumed. It was the light of that fire that made the monastery what it was, a radiant place full of happy expectation. Only the best could live here all the time. He could not. I wish I could die here though, he thought.”
― Louis de Wohl, Citadel of God: A Novel about Saint Benedict