To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail.

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

The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies of their brethren in eternal fire.

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.

God is called jealous, angered, repentant, merciful, and foreknowing. These simply mean that, because He guards the chastity of every soul, He can, in human fashion, be called jealous, although He is not subject to any mental torment.

The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her and asserts that all who are outside of Her will not be saved.

The human mind is prone to pride even when not supported by power; how much more, then, does it exalt itself when it has that support?