Their property held them in chains...chains which shackled their courage and choked their faith and hampered their judgment and throttled their soul...If they stored up their treasure in heaven, they would not now have an enemy and a thief within their own household...They think of themselves as owners, whereas it is they rather who are owned: enslaved as they are to their own property, they are not the masters of their money but its slaves.

Our prayers and fastings are of less avail, unless they are aided by almsgiving.

This supernatural bread and this consecrated chalice are for the health and salvation of mankind.

When we pray to God with entire assurance, it is Himself who has given us the spirit of prayer.

He [Christ] protects their faith and gives strength to believers in proportion to the trust that each man who receives that strength is willing to place in him.

No one is strong in his own strength, but he is safe by the grace and mercy of God.

None of us offers resistance when he is seized, or avenges himself for your unjust violence, although our people are numerous and plentiful...it is not lawful for us to hate, and so we please God more when we render no requital for injury...we repay your hatred with kindness.