Let him and others have patience.

Those things which they ask they may likely obtain without such fierce struggle and such peril.

Let men bear the yoke in their youth; it does them no hurt.

To be cast forth from the communion of the church would be a greater hurt to Anthony, body and soul, than to do a penance which may do violence to some of his cherished convictions.

In this world we ofttimes have to choose, not between absolute right and wrong, but between two courses, neither of which is perfect; and then we are forced to consider which is the less imperfect of the two.