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.

Is any man skillful enough to have fashioned himself?

Indifferent acts are judged by their ends sins are judged by themselves.

This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.

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

Ignorance itself is without a doubt a sin for those who do not wish to understand; for those who, however, cannot understand, it is the punishment of sin.

Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.