“When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they do need friendship in addition; and in the realm of the just things, the most just seems to be what involves friendship.”
― Nicomachean Ethics
― Nicomachean Ethics
“Ancient law lays down clearly that if a treasure be discovered in a house or in a field, it belongs, by right, to the proprietor of the house or of the ground. This law gives great advantages to the glorious St. Joseph, for the Incarnation took place in his house, now the chapel of Loretto.”
― Divine Favors Granted to St Joseph
― Divine Favors Granted to St Joseph
“But here the Lord asks only two things of us: love for His Majesty and love for our neighbour. It is for these two virtues that we must strive, and if we attain them perfectly we are doing His will and so shall be united with Him.”
― Interior Castle
― Interior Castle
“She came into the room with an easy gracefulness which would at once command the respect of any lunatic—for easiness is one of the qualities mad people most respect.”
― Dracula
― Dracula
“Therefore St. John the Baptist and the angels are not exalted by having Joseph placed beneath them, neither are they lowered by his occupying his proper post. His superior glory is no detriment in Heaven to their own; rather does it add to their radiance, even as the lower ranks of angelic spirits are illuminated by those above them.”
― The Glories Of Saint Joseph
― The Glories Of Saint Joseph
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