Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.

We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors.

You have heaven adorned, earth beautified, the sea populated with its own creatures, the air filled with birds which scour it in every direction. Studious listener, think of all these creations which God has drawn out of nothing; . . . recognize everywhere the wisdom of God; never cease to wonder, and, through every creature, to glorify the Creator.

Wherever you may go, the least plant may bring you clear remembrance of the Creator.

We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written in Scripture unnecessarily. Not to read Sacred Scripture is a great evil.

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.

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