“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
Friendship
“By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.”
NatureAll Quotes by Thomas Aquinas
“Happiness is secured through virtue it is a good attained by man's own will.”
Happiness“The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art.”
Art“How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.”
God“It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.”
Work“To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.”
Work“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.”
Good“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.”
Patience“Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.”
Work“Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.”
Faith“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”
Friendship“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.”
War“We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.”
Knowledge“The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.”
Courage“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.”
Death“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.”
Work“If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.”
Religion“Wonder is the desire for knowledge.”
Knowledge“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.”
Faith“As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.”
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