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“Objection 2: Further, if it is a matter of argument, the argument is either from authority or from reason. If it is from authority, it seems unbefitting its dignity, for the proof from authority is the weakest form of proof. But if it is from reason, this is unbefitting its end, because, according to Gregory (Hom. 26), "faith has no merit in those things of which human reason brings its own experience." Therefore sacred doctrine is not a matter of argument.”
― Summa Theologica - 01 Pars Prima, Initial Questions
― Summa Theologica - 01 Pars Prima, Initial Questions

“I remember, as a kid, when I first understood that only half of every tree is visible, that the roots in the soil are equal to the branches in the sky, that a whole other half is underground. It took me a lot longer, well into adulthood, to realize people are like that too.”
― All Our Wrong Todays
― All Our Wrong Todays

“...it occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness

“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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