No man can know God unless God has taught him; that is to say, that without God, God cannot be known.

Jesus Christ, in His infinite love, has become what we are, in order that He may make us entirely what He is.

The business of the Christian is nothing else but to be ever preparing for death.

As long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a stranger to the love of the Lord.

The Virgin Mary, being obedient to his word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God.

One should not seek among others the truth that can be easily gotten from the Church. For in her, as in a rich treasury, the apostles have placed all that pertains to truth, so that everyone can drink this beverage of life. She is the door of life.

But we do now receive a certain portion of His Spirit, tending towards perfection, and preparing us for incorruption, being little by little accustomed to receive and bear God