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.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

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

God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.

God answered the prayers of animals.

One day when Thomas Aquinas was preaching to the local populace on the love of God, he saw an old woman listening attentively to his every word. And inspired by her eagerness to learn more about her God whom she loved so dearly, he said to the people: It is better to be this unlearned woman, loving God with all her heart, than the most learned theologian lacking love.