I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.

You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.

Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.

The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.

By identifying the new learning with heresy, you make orthodoxy synonymous with ignorance.

From hence, no question, has sprung an observation ... confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long experienced souls in the world, before their dislodging, arrive to the height of prophetic spirits.

Your library is your paradise.