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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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...

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

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.

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...

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to...

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to...

To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.

To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.

Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by...

Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by...

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely...

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated...

Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated...

A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.

A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

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...

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it...

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it...

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from...

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from...

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...

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...