“Am I?” I could not tell if he was amused or apologetic, but his eyes were kind. “The minds of my order are not as yours. We were made for swift intuitive clarity; you, to please God with the intricacy of your intellectual striving. Your powers of reasoning are sufficient for your needs, and you have been given grace enough.”

A conversation between a man and an angel, as told in On the People's Business, a short story by John C. Wright

'If you care about what people think of you, then you should have not become a Catholic.'

St. John Vianney