The one who is good, is free even being a slave; the one who is bad remains a slave even being a king.

Seek not abroad, for in the inner man dwells the truth.

What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.

Imagine the vanity of thinking that your enemy can do you more damage than your enmity.

He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.

God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.

In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received. In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in the search for truth justly undermines this position, we too fall with it.