An angel can illumine the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach some truth which the angel himself contemplates.
Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.
Grace is a certain beginning of glory in us.
All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.
That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.
We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.
Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
Beware of the person of one book.
The apostles and their successors are God’s vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments.
Miracles are signs not to them that believe, but to them that believe not.
Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or whether it be obscured or disfigured, as is the case with sinners; or whether it be clear and beautiful as is the case with the just.
Mary means Star of the sea, for as mariners are guided to port by the ocean star, so Christians attain to glory through Mary’s maternal intercession.
All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that they differ.
Give, expecting nothing there of.
We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own.
We set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help.
The happy man in this life needs friends.
Justice is in subjects as well as in rulers.