"Law describes the way things would work if…" — Christopher Dawson
"Law describes the way things would work if men were angels."
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Christopher Dawson
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36 Quotes by Christopher Dawson
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The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.
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The chief safeguard of personal freedom in a democratic society is the anarchy and disorder of capitalist individualism.
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Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the…
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For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the…
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If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give,…
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It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to…
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It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject to the limitations of human…
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Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the…
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The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings…
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The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.
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Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology.
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The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have…
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More Angel Quotes
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
— Saint Augustine
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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
— Saint Augustine
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Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I…
— Teresa of Avila
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But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to…
— Francis Bacon
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
— Francis Bacon
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I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies.…
— Drew Barrymore
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It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure,…
— Karl Barth
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Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing…
— Martha Beck
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Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an…
— Martha Beck
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Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.
— Josh Billings
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Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between.
— Robert Blair
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It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not…
— William Blake
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