It seems unbelievable that a man should perish in whose favor Christ said to His Mother: 'Behold thy son', provided that he has not turned a deaf ear…

- Robert Bellarmine

Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved.

- Robert Bellarmine

On the last day, when the general examination takes place, there will be no question at all on the text of Aristotle, the aphorisms of Hippocrates, o…

- Robert Bellarmine

Peace and union are the most necessary of all things for men who live in common, and nothing serves so well to establish and maintain these as the fo…

- Robert Bellarmine

When we appeal to the throne of grace we do so through Mary, honoring God by honoring His Mother, imitating Him by exalting her, touching the most re…

- Robert Bellarmine

There is no one who is without faults, and who is not in some way a burden to others, whether he is a superior or a subject, an old man or a young on…

- Robert Bellarmine

Freedom of belief is pernicious, it is nothing but the freedom to be wrong.

- Robert Bellarmine

It is not difficult for one seal to make many impressions exactly alike, but to vary shapes almost infinitely, which is what God has done in creation…

- Robert Bellarmine

It depends on the consent of the people to decide whether kings or consuls or other magistrates are to be established in authority over them, and if …

- Robert Bellarmine