The Gods occupy the loftiest regions, men the lowest, the demons the middle region...They have immortality of body, but passions of the mind in common with men.

God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.

Does God proclaim Himself in the wonders of creation? No. All things proclaim Him, all things speak. Their beauty is the voice by which they announce God, by which they sing, "It is you who made me beautiful, not me myself but you.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

For so it is, O Lord my God, I measure it! But what it is I measure, I do not know.

Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride, nor your humility without wisdom.