The things that we love tell us what we are.

Quote by Thomas Aquinas

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Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the...

Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the...

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority...

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority...

Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable...

Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable...

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly...

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly...

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,...

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.

To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.

Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.

Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.

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

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

As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of...

As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of...

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...

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...

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to...

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to...

That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they...

That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they...

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...

If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much...

If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much...

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark...

There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark...

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...