Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy.
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.
Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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.
If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.
The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.
He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity.
True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.
The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.
The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
Humility is the mark of a genuine disciple.
If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.
A man's heart is right when he wills what God wills.
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own.
To love God is something greater than to know Him.
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
What does it take to become a saint? Will it.
Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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