The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bliss be more delightful for them.

It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.

There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.

It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.

The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.

We set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help.

Pain itself can be pleasurable accidentally in so far as it is accompanied by wonder, as in stage-plays; or in so far as it recalls a beloved object to one's memory, and makes one feel one's love for the thing, whose absence gives us pain. Consequently, since love is pleasant, both pain and whatever else results from love, in so far as they remind us of our love, are pleasant.