"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."

"If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy."

"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."

"The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false."

"All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume."

"Every sunset is a reminder that the most profound truths are found in silence."

"All philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different."