Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.

A miracle signifies nothing more than an event... the cause of which cannot be explained by another familiar instance, or.... which the narrator is unable to explain.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

Desire is the essence of a man.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak.

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.