'The truth is the good of our knowing mind, upon which the mind fixes itself by nature; it is not granted to the mind to choose or not choose that good (truth!) on the basis, again, of knowledge. The finite mind does not comprehend itself so profoundly, and does not have such power over itself, that it follows its own light.'

'Modern religious teaching have little or nothing to say about the place of prudence in life or in the hierarchy of virtues.'

'A friend and a prudent friend, can help to shape a friend's decision. He does so by virtue of that love which makes the friend's problem his own, the friend's…

'Being precedes Truth, and ... Truth precedes the Good.'