God thought and things came to be, in-formed: the divine thought is the complicated womb of all that is. For it's not likely that, like some painter, He conjured up an image from a similar image, having seen beforehand things which His own one mind did not write.

If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, such a one is a stranger to the Godhead.

May God preserve me from being rich while they are indigent, from enjoying robust health if I do not try to cure their diseases, from eating good food, clothing myself well and resting in my home if I do not share with them a piece of my bread and give them, in the measure of my abilities, part of my clothes and if I do not welcome them into my home

It is difficult to practice obedience; but it is even more difficult to practice leadership.

We are not made for ourselves alone, we are made for the good of all our fellow creatures.

It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.

Let us treasure up in our soul some of those things which are permanent..., not of those which will forsake us and be destroyed, and which only tickle our senses for a little while.