In a false person, sacraments do not produce any effect.

Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

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.

If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the soul would be sufficient for him; by them he would be conformed to things in order that he might have knowledge of them. But because man is naturally political and social, there is need for one man to make his conceptions known to others, which is done with speech. So significant speech was needed if men were to live together. Which is why those of different tongues do not easily live together.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

The light of faith makes us see what we believe.