“There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.”

“The existence of a prime mover- nothing can move itself; there must be a first mover. The first mover is called God.”

“It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.”

“Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His.If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.”

“There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being.”

“That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.”

“We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.”