"In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh."
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"A person is disposed to an act of choice by an angel ... in two ways. Sometimes, a man's understanding is enlightened by an angel to know what is good, but it is not instructed as to the reason why ... But sometimes he is instructed by angelic illumination, both that this act is good and as to the reason why it is good."
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"Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church."
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"If anyone without the right faith receives Baptism outside the Church, he does not receive it unto salvation ... From the comparison of the Church to Paradise, we learn that men can receive her Baptism even outside her fold, but that out there no one can receive or keep the salvation of the blessed."
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"Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good."
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"We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own."
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"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, or when the cause of the particular effect is one that exceeds his power of understanding. Hence, wonder is a cause of pleasure insofar as there is annexed the hope of attaining understanding of that which one wants to know. ... For desire is especially aroused by the awareness of ignorance, and consequently a man takes the greatest pleasure in those things which he discovers for himself or learns from the ground up."
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"A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice."
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"The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments."
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"We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides."
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"We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves."
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"Whenever God wakes in us, our thinking becomes clear - nothing is missing."
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"Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need."
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"The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world."
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"The world of pure spirits stretches between the divine nature and the world of human beings; because divine wisdom has ordained that the higher should look after the lower, angels execute the divine plan for human salvation: they are our guardians, who free us when hindered and help to bring us home."
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"Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments."
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"Beware of the person of one book."
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"The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue."
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"Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues."
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"Don't ask who said it? Ask what they said."
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