from "Virgin in the Ice"
"This was an unexpected stroke, I never thought, that so marvellous a creature could be in this world with mine and Mariah's blood in his veins. Should I have told him? No, what
needs he now of a father, but by your grace I have seen him, I have sat and talked with him of times passed, I have kissed him, I have had cause to be glad of him, and shall have cause to feel glad a life long. What does it matter that these eyes may never see him again? And yet they may."

Cadfael to Merriot in "The Devils Novice" 
"Oh yes. And not merely from atonement and weariness. In middle life, you may stop and look upon inside yourself and wonder, what now? I was right for change, and I find
that change refreshing."  

From "Monk's Hood"
"A blind eye is the easiest thing in the world to turn on whatever is troublesome."

Cadfael to Lazarus the Leper in  "The Leper
of St. Giles" 
Cadfael: "Remember my Lord De Masad. God sees not with the eyes of man. Man only beholds the outward appearance, God looks on the heart." 
Lazarus: "And he shall find it here." 
Cadfael: "And he shall find it beautiful, as I do." 

Cadfael to Hugh Berengar in "St. Peters Fair"
"Then he is king in name only, and not worthy of your loyalty. If I were to make such a choice, in all conscience. Out of love?.....I trust my king would forgive me.....Because he knows that in the final reckoning, were all of us traitors.....to our heart."