Where there is division, there is sin.

Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church, baptism is given for the remission of sins, and, according to the usage of the Church, baptism is given even to infants. If there were nothing in infants which required the remission of sins and nothing in them pertinent to forgiveness, the grace of baptism would seem superfluous

When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the needed solidity.

The soul has neither beginning nor end [They] come into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of their previous lives

It is in our power to stretch out our arms and, by doing good in our actions, to seize life and set it in our soul.

When anyone prays, the angels that minister to God and watch over mankind gather round about him and join with him in prayer.

When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave the house and to go away to those who are not able to come to Him.