Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe

The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell

Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.

Order your soul reduce your wants live in charity associate in Christian community obey the laws trust in Providence.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so