For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whereas the true is found when the thing comes to us.

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.

God answered the prayers of animals.

The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.

For it is necessary in every practical science to proceed in a composite (i.e. deductive) manner. On the contrary in speculative science, it is necessary to proceed in an analytical manner by breaking down the complex into elementary principles.