The mind can only imagine anything, or remember what is past, while the body endures.

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed along with the body, but something of it remains, which is eternal.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

The eternal wisdom of God ... has shown itself forth in all things, but chiefly in the mind of man, and most of all in Jesus Christ.

Reality and perfection are synonymous.