It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.

Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not.

Christ was either liar, lunatic, or Lord!

I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught.

The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.

God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.

Pain itself can be pleasurable accidentally in so far as it is accompanied by wonder, as in stage-plays; or in so far as it recalls a beloved object to one's memory, and makes one feel one's love for the thing, whose absence gives us pain. Consequently, since love is pleasant, both pain and whatever else results from love, in so far as they remind us of our love, are pleasant.