Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service.

He who is drawn to something desirable does not desire to have it as a thought but as a thing.

Behold our refutation of the error. It is not based on documents of faith, but on the reasons and statements of the philosophers themselves. If then anyone there be who, boastfully taking pride in his supposed wisdom, wishes to challenge what we have written, let him not do it in some corner nor before children who are powerless to decide on such difficult matters. Let him reply openly if he dare. He shall find me there confronting him, and not only my negligible self, but many another whose study is truth.

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

Love follows knowledge.

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.

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