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

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.

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.

There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.

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

The existence of a prime mover- nothing can move itself; there must be a first mover. The first mover is called God.

A scrap of knowledge about sublime things is worth more than any amount about trivialities.