He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the highest things.

We ascend to the heights of contemplation by the steps of action.

We make Idols of our concepts, but Wisdom is born of wonder

If the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would no longer be wonderful, and faith would have no merit if reason provided proof.

There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of temptation; and in the end the fullness of perfection.

The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire.

Obedience is the only virtue that plants the other virtues in the heart and preserves them after they have been planted.