Thirty-five craters on the moon are named for Jesuit scientists and mathematicians.

The father of Egyptology was Father Athanasius Kircher.

Jesuits so dominated the study of earthquakes that seismology became known as 'the Jesuit Science.

Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.

Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.

The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli.

The idea of formulated 'rights ... comes not from John Locke and Thomas Jefferson ... but from the canon law of the Catholic Church.

Churchmen sought to introduce rational trial procedures and sophisticated legal principles in place of the superstition-based trial by ordeal that had characterized the Germanic legal order.

It was Francisco de Vitoria, a Catholic priest and professor, who earned the title of father of international law.

The university system, a gift of Western civilization to the world, was developed by the Catholic Church.

A star's light still shines even if there's no one to see it, but without someone to remember Jesse, his light will disappear.

I desire knowledge and wisdom.

Shoddy work is not just shoddy work. It's a failure of love.

None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught.

God creates the animals man creates himself.

I think I would find it easier to talk with Nico [Rosenberg] than Lewis [Hamilton], as Lewis is into things that are very distant to me.

Compassion is not having any hesitation to reflect your light on things

Success is not the destination; it's a way to travel.

Great principles, great ideals know no nationality.