Sunday, February 15, 2026

"A thirsty man is . . . not depressed because he cannot exhaust the spring"

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Source "A thirsty man is happy when he is drinking, and he is not depressed because he cannot exhaust the spring. . . .      "Be t...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

"the more perfect a virtue is, the more does it cause passion"

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"it is not the function of virtue to deprive the powers subordinate to reason of their proper activities, but to make them execute the ...
Friday, February 13, 2026

It is not virtuous to be resisting temptation

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"disorderly passions abound in the continent and persevering man [(in continente et perseverante)], which would not be the case if his ...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

"Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past"

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Duccio di Buoninsegna "Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be our companion in the way, kindle our he...
Saturday, February 7, 2026

"the creature without the Creator melts into thin air"

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Philip Halling "If by the autonomy of earthly affairs we mean that created things and societies themselves enjoy their own laws and val...
Sunday, February 1, 2026

"those who in this our generation speak where many listen, and write what many read"

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1940 :  Book of common order of the Church of Scotland by authority of the General Assembly (Edinburgh:  Oxford University Press, 1940), 299...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

"Dominus illuminatio mea"

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"We should then in the fullest sense not only with our voice but with our very soul cry out, The Lord is my light and my salvation; who...