Every divine action begins from the Father, proceeds through the Son, and is completed in the Holy Spirit.

If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor.

When someone steals a person's clothes, we call him a thief. Should we not also give the same name to the one who could clothe the naked but does not?

When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.

We often find comfort in telling what is painful in actual experience.

The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.

If you begin to guard wealth it will not be yours. But if you begin to distribute it, you will not lose it.