Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard.

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

The people will have no need to change their place of concourse; where of old they were wont to sacrifice cattle to demons, thither let them continue to resort on the day of the Saint to whom the Church is dedicated, and slay their beasts, no longer as a sacrifice to demons, but for a social meal in honour of Him whom they now worship.

Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity. Justice must be accompanied by humility, that humility may render justice lovable.

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 must observe also, that among the heathen the names of poor men are more likely to be known than of rich. Now our Lord mentions the name of the poor, but not the name of the rich, because God knows and approves the humble, but not the proud.

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.