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As the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods.
Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
It is not possible to be ignorant of the end of things if we know their beginning.
It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense.
To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.
He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith.
The human mind may perceive truth only through thinking, as is clear from Augustine.
Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.
The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason
It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
A scrap of knowledge about sublime things is worth more than any amount about trivialities.
Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service.
Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components.
The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer.
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.
Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
He who is drawn to something desirable does not desire to have it as a thought but as a thing.
It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.
Mistakes are made on two counts: an argument is either based on error or incorrectly developed.
For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.
The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance.
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principle of individuation is matter.
So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
This Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin.
The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.
The custom of the Church has very great authority and ought to be jealously observed in all things.
God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.
As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.
There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being.
The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.
If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
A thing is lovable according as it is good. But God is infinite good. Therefore He is infinitely lovable.
Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.
He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.