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• Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.

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  Mother, Justice, Mercy

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• 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.

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  Patience, Perfection, Done

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• No man truly has joy unless he lives in love.

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  Men, Joy

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1951). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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• He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity.

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  Teaching, Men, Religion Of Islam

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• A man's heart is right when he wills what God wills.

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  Heart, Men, Gods Will

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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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  Faith, Powerful, Thoughtful

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• Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

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  Sympathy, Condolences, Wine

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• One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about.

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  Love Is, Aspect, Neighbour

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• Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

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  Love, Philosophical, Thoughtful

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1951). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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• If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.

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  Powerful, Catholic, Saint

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• The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.

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  Soul, Virtue

  Saint Thomas Aquinas, Aeterna Press (2015). “Of God and His Creatures”, p.188, Aeterna Press

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• Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His. If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.

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  Prayer, Way, Obedience

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• Wonder is the desire of knowledge.

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  Desire, Wonder

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• True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.

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  Adversity, Gods Will, True Peace

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• To love God is something greater than to know Him.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Catholic

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 3 (Part II, Second Section)”, p.1302, Cosimo, Inc.

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• We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own.

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  Sake, Should

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “Theological texts”

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• There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.

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  Soul, Thirst

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• How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

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  Philosophical, Thoughtful, Love Is

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• There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

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  Friendship, Relationship, True Friend

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• We set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help.

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  Order, Desire, Needs

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• Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.

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  Men, Catholic, Reason

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1951). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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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.

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  Inspirational, Peace, Powerful

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• Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

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  Powerful, Thoughtful, Love Is

  "Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas (Part II-II, Question 188), 1485.

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• The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.

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  Love, Christian, Spiritual

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• See to whom Jesus is drawing near, three kinds of people: to those who make peace with him, to those who are devoted to God, and to those who are kind to their neighbors.

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  Jesus, Drawing, People

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (2010). “The Academic Sermons (The Fathers of the Church, Mediaeval Continuation, Volume 11)”, p.48, CUA Press

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