I do not doubt that all those who have received Baptism anywhere and from whomever do have Baptism, as long as it was consecrated with the words of the Gospel and they received it without pretence on their part and with some degree of faith. However, it would not avail them for their spiritual salvation if they were lacking in that charity by which they might be implanted in the Catholic Church.

The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.

A wanton eye is a messenger of an unchaste heart.

O Master, make me chaste, but not yet!

The true religion has always been one from the beginning, and will always be the same.

Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.