If anyone doubts its infallible conclusion, he infallibly shows that he has never really performed the experiment.
Hence the fact that some happen to doubt about articles of faith is not due to the uncertain nature of the truths, but to the weakness of human intelligence;
Hence man never desires infinite meat, or infinite drink. . . . But non-natural concupiscence is altogether infinite . . . Hence he that desires riches, may desire to be rich not up to a certain limit...
Greed for the things money can buy (natural wealth) is a bad thing, but it is finite. You can only enjoy a finite amount of food or drink, houses or cars, or even sex. But greed for money (artificial...
God said it, that settles it.
For the wise men of old, the cardinal problem of human life was how to conform the soul to objective reality, and the solution was wisdom, self-discipline, and virtue. For the modern mind, the cardina...
Even though we hate some of the things we do or feel, we hate them only because we love ourselves. We feel we are unworthy of such bad stuff.
Even if it were within her legal right and authority, it would harm more than help. It might be argued that it is like capital punishment today: the state has the right to use it if necessary, but sin...
Even biologists rank species in a hierarchical order.
Delight is a subjective reason for praying, but it is a valid one.
Conservatives often seem afraid of questions and liberals afraid of answers—which is even sillier, because that’s like being afraid of food. Being afraid of questions is like being afraid of hunger. T...
Chesterton said once that there is only one unanswerable argument against Christianity: Christians. And
Atheism robs death of meaning. And if death has no meaning, how can life ultimately have meaning? For death is the end of life. Here
As Buddha said, All that we are is determined by our thoughts.
1) Physical gravity is a physical form of love. That little rock is falling because it’s in love with the big rock called the earth.
We are fallen fools, most of our philosophy is not the proper use of human reason but the improper use of human reason.
The contemplative life not only does not exclude, but requires, the active life.
Our primary practical commandment in this life, to love our neighbors: it is not only for their and our good in time, but also preparation for our and their eternal blessedness.
Are more like Dog and Cat and Bird than like Lassie and Fido and Spot. Therefore,
Another principle demons use in spiritual warfare: multiple attacks, from many directions at once, or with many different weapons at once.