Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.

If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the soul would be sufficient for him; by them he would be conformed to things in order that he might have knowledge of them. But because man is naturally political and social, there is need for one man to make his conceptions known to others, which is done with speech. So significant speech was needed if men were to live together. Which is why those of different tongues do not easily live together.

Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.

Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.

The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.