Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost His authority.

Free will is an empty term.

We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in all and to which we owe all honor and love.

Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?

Bien que les étoiles ne parlent pas, même en étant silencieux, ils crient. Although the stars do not speak, even in being silent they cry out.

It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.

Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief. Constant praying is the way of 'rejoicing perpetually', for by this means we ask from God alleviation in connection with all our distresses.