We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

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

Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.

Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee.

The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the capacity of reason.

An act of love always tends towards two things; to the good that one wills, and to the person for whom one wills it.

If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that which he has of the animal nature, much more deserving of condemnation are the sins against nature by which man degrades his own animal nature.