All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.

The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.

The only right stewardship is that which is tested by the rule of love.

If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors.

The very word baptizé, however, signifies to immerse; and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient Church.

It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such contemplation to look into himself.