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

Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components.

Likewise grace and glory are referred to the same genus, since grace is nothing other than a certain first beginning of glory in us.

Man can sin against nature in two ways. First, when he sins against his specific rational nature, acting contrary to reason. In this sense, we can say that every sin is a sin against man's nature, because it is against man's right reason.

Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.

The Angel's bread is made the Bread of man today.

Without the suitable conditions life could not exist. But both life and its conditions set forth the operations of inscrutable Power. We know not its origin; we know not its end. And the presumption, if not the degradation, rests with those who place upon the throne of the universe a magnified image of themselves, and make its doings a mere colossal imitation of their own. Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy ... wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause of delight because it carries with it the hope of discovery.