To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin".
Robert BellarmineGod wanted man to know him somehow through his creatures, and since no creature could fittingly reflect the infinite perfection of the Creator, he multiplied his creatures and gave a certain goodness and perfection to each of them so that from them we could judge the goodness and perfection of the Creator, who embraces infinite perfection in the perfection of his one and utterly simple essence.
Robert BellarmineOn the last day, when the general examination takes place, there will be no question at all on the text of Aristotle, the aphorisms of Hippocrates, or the paragraphs of Justinian. Charity will be the whole syllabus.
Robert BellarmineFlee idleness... for no one is more exposed to such temptations than he who has nothing to do.
Robert Bellarmine