To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

Quote by Thomas Aquinas

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Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so...

Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so...

It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause...

It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause...

God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.

God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a...

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a...

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a...

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a...

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that...

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that...

Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot...

Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot...

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God,...

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God,...

By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.

By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep...

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep...

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to...

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to...

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary...

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary...

If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ,...

If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ,...

Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.

Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the...

All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the...

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions....

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions....