He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master.

Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.

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.

He suddenly announced that he could not write any more since "All that I have written seems like straw to me."

Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.

Humility is the mark of a genuine disciple.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.