Beware the man of one book.

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He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.

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Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

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Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in circumstances confronting him.

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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man to know what he ought to believe to know what he ought to desire and to know what he ought to do.

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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

Saint Thomas Aquinas in Two Precepts of Charity
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We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us and God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.

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