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- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
- It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who…
- True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.
- Wonder [admiratio astonishment, marvel] is a kind of desire for knowledge. The situation arises when one sees an effect and does not know its cause,…
- Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source in nature; deliberate…
- Do not wish to jump immediately from the streams to the sea, because one has to go through easier things to the more difficult.
- Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is evident that, in…
- Sloth is sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good...it is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him…
- 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…
- It must be understood that prime matter, and form as well, is neither generated nor corrupted, because every generation is from something to something. Now…
- Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves…
- Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing
- The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the…
- Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.
- If someone knows from experience that daily Communion increases fervor without lessening reverence, then let him go every day. But if someone finds that reverence…
- Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin
- If anyone without the right faith receives Baptism outside the Church, he does not receive it unto salvation ... From the comparison of the Church…
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