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

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

" Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins. "

" 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. "

" Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love. "

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

" Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. "

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

" 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. "

" The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false. "

" Love takes up where knowledge leaves off. "

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

" There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved. "

" 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. "

" The things that we love tell us what we are. "

" Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes. "

" 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. "

" Beware of the person of one book. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "