Being is the soul of every concept, of every judgment and of every reasoning.
Libido, or concupiscence, a tending toward certain things in defiance of rational restraint.
Weak men in high positions surround themselves with little men, in order that they may seem great by comparison.
We lose our souls not only by the evil we do but also by the good we leave undone.
Very often we call something modern because we do not know what is ancient; many so-called modern ideas are really old errors with new labels.
There would be a course on the philosophy of history; another year the philosophy of Marxism, another the philosophy of religion, the philosophy of science, etc. All of these were presented in the lig...
The son of Confucius once said to him: I apply myself with diligence to every kind of study, neglect nothing that could render me clever and brilliant; but I do not advance. Omit some of your pursuits...
The physical theory suffers from the same affect as humanism; it attempts to live on its own fat and breathe the very air which it has already exhaled from its scientific lungs.
The most current philosophy of life is self-expressionism: Let yourself go; Do whatever you please. Any suggestion of restraining errant impulses is called a masochistic survival of the dark ages. The...
The mathematical method is disinterested in the efficient cause and the final cause or the goodness of a thing and it should not be so disinterested.
The man is interested in the sowing of wheat in the field; the woman in making the bread.
The latter stage is apt to end in cynicism as we wonder what the one who praises really wants.
The greatest inhumanity that can be ascribed to men is having an opportunity for doing good to others and doing nothing. The serious sin is not always one of commission, but omission.
The basic reason why erotic experiences outside of marriage create psychological strain is because the void between spirit and flesh is more closely felt.
The Gospels did not start the Church; the Church started the Gospels. The Church did not come out of the Gospels; the Gospels came out of the Church.
Strong passions are the precious raw material of sanctity. Individuals that have carried their sinning to extremes should not despair or say, I am too great a sinner to change, or God would not want m...
Remarriage while the true partner is living is a vain attempt to give respectability to dishonor by invoking a human law that overthrows God’s law:
Learning comes from books; penetration of a mystery from suffering.
It will not start with the order in the universe alluding to the existence of a Creator of the cosmos; it will start with the disorder inside of man himself.
Hearing is the motion of molecules; sound is a wave in the atmosphere; solidity is the characteristic of spatial juxtaposition of atoms; smell is something given off by a body, rather than something b...