They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.

Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent. For the name angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit; you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger.

The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.

Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil.

There is something in humility which, strangely enough, exalts the heart, and something in pride which debases it.

He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labors much, but in a state which he has thoughtlessly chosen: a cripple limping in the right way is better than a racer out of it.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.