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

The things that we love tell us what we are.

Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.

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

Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding is in eternity above time. Just as a man going along a road does not see those who come after him; but the man who sees the whole road from a height sees all those who are going along the road at the same time.

God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.

The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.