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

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

The same fire" (which he decides to be material) " torments the damned in hell and the just in purgatory...The least pain in purgatory exceeds the greatest in this life.

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

The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.

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