Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life.

It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.

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

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

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.

Love follows knowledge.