If you wish to be led by the Divine Providence, employ prudence as a
servant and attendant who faithfully dispenses his Lord's goods.

Where men know doctrine and think according to it, there the Church
_may be_; but where men act according to doctrine, there alone the
Church _is_.

It is not the desire of an intelligent man to be able to confirm
whatever he pleases; but to be able to see truth as truth, and falsity
as falsity, and to confirm his insight, is the way of an intelligent
man.

To reason only whether a thing is so or not, is like reasoning about
the fit of a cap or a shoe without ever putting it on.

It is the essence of God's love to love others outside Himself, to
desire to be one with them, and from Himself to render them blessed.

The absence of God from man is no more possible than the absence of
the sun from the earth through its heat and light.

Truths perish with those who do not desire good.

Peace has in it confidence in the Lord--that He governs all things,
and provides all things, and leads to a good end.

The Lord powerfully influences the humble.

Innocence is willingness to be led by the Lord.