Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Beware the man of one book.
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Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.
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Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches
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Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community
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Drink to the point of hilarity.
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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.
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures
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Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him
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Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
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But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals
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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passions
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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
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