"To deny one's senses and reason is to deny God's gifts."

"It is not necessary to examine all the arguments against a position, but only the strongest."

"It is a great error to believe that the truths of faith are in any way contrary to the truths of reason."

"The two books from which I draw my knowledge are the book of the created world and the book of the Holy Scripture."

"It is a false and dangerous opinion that the authority of Scripture should be preferred to the authority of reason."