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- The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all…
- If the Word of God is living and powerful, and if the Lord does all things whatsoever he wills; if he said, "Let there be…
- All who ask receive, those who seek find, and to those who knock it shall be opened. Therefore, let us knock at the beautiful garden…
- The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God. ... I do not worship matter. I worship the Creator of matter who…
- And all that is therein; Invisible and visible, Their notes let all things blend, For Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no…
- Water is also one of the four elements, the most beautiful of God's creations. It is both wet and cold, heavy, and with a tendency…
- All we know if an angel is that it is incorporeal, immaterial, and only by comparing it with God-who is incomparable-can we see that it…
- Think of the Father as a spring of life begetting the Son like a river and the Holy Ghost like a sea, for the spring…
- Because of the Incarnation, I salute all remaining matter with reverence.
- Christ sits in the body at the right hand of God the Father, but we do not hold that the right hand of the Father…
- Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the poor;…
- Our Lord humbled without humiliation His lofty station which yet could not be humbled, and condescends to His servants, with a condescension ineffable and incomprehensible.…
- Because the one who by excellency of nature transcends all quantity and size and magnitude...has now...contracted himself into a quantity and size and has acquired…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle