The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come; for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless; and if understanding of his adversity, he would be despairing and senseless

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.