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

To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.

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.

Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.

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

God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.

It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.