That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left hidden whether some of the faithful may be saved, some more slowly and some more quickly in the greater or lesser degree in which they loved the good things that perish, through a certain purgatorial fire.

I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost. Then the soul becomes aware of the misery which is its actual condition even before it loses them.

I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within

Keep on adding, keep on walking, keep on progressing: do not delay on the road, do not go back, do not deviate.

Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.

Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.

The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell.