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" Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason. "

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" Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. "

" The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. "

" How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know. "

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" Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will. "

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

" Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works. "

" Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. "

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

" If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy. "

" All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly. "

" The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing. "

" Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good. "

" In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention. "

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

" Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. "

" Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice. "

" That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. "

" To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. "

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

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

" It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God. "

" Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times. "

" How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God. "

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

" Beware of the person of one book. "

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