Whoever, therefore, thinks that he understands the divine scriptures or any part of them so that it does not build on the double love of God and of our neighbor does not understand it at all. Thus a man supported by faith, hope, and charity, with an unshaken hold upon them does not need the scriptures. . . And many live by these three things in solitude without books.

Do not wander far and wide but return into yourself. Deep within man there dwells the truth.

Beauty is the brilliance of truth.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

What do you possess if you possess not God?

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

Wicked sons do not have the Holy Ghost in the same way as do beloved sons, and yet they do have Baptism. So, too, heretics do not have the Church as Catholics have, even though they have Baptism.