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"Adam was not yet at the beginning what he could be and had to become at the end. He lived in Paradise, but not yet in heaven."

"His [man's] emotions are by no means set in motion merely by useful and pleasurable things inside the material world but are roused and stimulated also by ideal, spiritual goods which are wuite insusceptible to arithmetical calculation."

"Animals are symbols of our virtues and vices: the dog shows us the image of loyalty, the spider of industry, the lion of courage, the sheep of innocence, the dove of integrity, the deer of the soul thirsting for God, the fox of cunning, the worm of misery, the tiger of cruelty, the swine of baseness, the snake of devilish guile..."

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"From the very moment that the world in its entirety or each of its creatures was called into being by the creative act of God, they immediately come under the surveillance of God's providence... Providence goes hand in hand with creation: the two are companion pieces."