You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change in the world.

I love good and pleasure, I hate evil and pain, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken in believing, that people, angels and even demons have those same inclinations.

As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains.

Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the Soul.

We are made to know and love God.

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.

God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected.

I do not believe there is anything useful which men can know with exactitude that they cannot know by arithmetic and algebra.

Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.

One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.

We are rational creatures: Our virtue and perfection is to love reason, or rather to love order.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who watches the watchmen?

Evolution of belief systems and issues of control? If something is worth believing in, it is timeless.

It is not your talents that make you great, but your decisions.

The individual who no longer has a rigid mind has found freedom. Life can be so easy. Refuse to let go and you are a person drowning; the more you struggle, the faster you sink.

Be prepared to reinvent yourself. Be prepared to go out on a limb occasionally, and be prepared to do the things that you feel strongly about

People hate who makes you feel one's inferiority.

An ethicist is somebody who sees something wrong with whatever you have in mind.

I happen to be colorblind. Racism is not my motto. One day, I strongly expect every color to love as one family.

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.

In our creation, God asked a question and in our truly living; God answers the question.