There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love.
All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.
Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.
Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.
Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
