The study of philosophy aims not at knowing what men feel, but at what is the truth of things.

Trismegistus says: "The monad begot a monad, and reflected upon itself its own heat."

Vice destroys, and virtue preserves.

Is vice worse than a vicious act?

The fact that some are not saved comes from their indisposition: they are unwilling to take unto themselves the fruit of the Incarnation; they do not cleave to the incarnate God by faith and love (ScG 4.55).

It is easy to know the virtue of honey, wine, and hellebore, and the effect of cautery and surgery, but to prescribe these things for the restoration of health in the right way, for the right person, and at the right time is as great an accomplishment as being a doctor

Truth should be preferred to friends (Commentary on Nicomachean Ethics 1).

If you wish to be saved, look on the face of your Christ.

Christ is the author of faith. So if you wish to be saved you must look to His example. Hence, the Apostle says, Looking on Jesus in His sufferings. This was signified by the brazen serpent lifted up as a sign, so that all who looked upon it were cured (Num. 21:8); ‘As Moses

Not everyone can give to the right person, the right amount, at the right time, for the right purpose, in the right manner-all of which belongs to virtuous giving (Commentary on Ethics 2).

In accord with His goodness, God fulfills holy desires which are brought to completion by means of prayer (ScG 3.95).

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If evil men are not punished in time, but lead a prosperous life, this does not happen from a defect of divine providence, but from the fact that God defers punishment until the right time (Commentary on Job).

God's intention is not frustrated either in those who sin, or in those who are saved; for God knows beforehand the end of both; and He procures glory from both, saving these of His goodness, and punishing those of His justice.

As we have shared much in the suffering of Christ, so through Christ do we share abundantly in his consolation (2 Cor. 1:5).

The temperate man desires the right things at the right time as reason disposes.

God sends his truth and his love (Ps. 57:3).

One virtuous act does not cause a virtue.

No dispensation allows a man to achieve the remission of his sins without confession and absolution (ScG 4.72).

The Mother of God was above the angels as regards the dignity to which she was chosen by God.