Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.

There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

It [covetousness] is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.

There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being.

It seems that God does not exist; because if one of two contraries be infinite, the other would be altogether destroyed. But the word "God" means that He is infinite goodness. If, therefore, God existed, there would be no evil discoverable; but there is evil in the world. Therefore God does not exist.