God should not be called an individual substance, since the principle of individuation is matter.

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components.

The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person against whom it is committed, the graver the sin-it is more criminal to strike a head of state than a private citizen-and God is of infinite greatness. Therefore an infinite punishment is deserved for a sin committed against Him.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

It is not possible to be ignorant of the end of things if we know their beginning.