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Contrary to Pascal's saying, we don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

— Jacques Maritain Reflections on America‎ (1958)

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To philosophize man must put his whole soul into play, in much the same manner that to run he must use his heart and lungs.

An Essay on Christian Philosophy (1955)

To redeem creation the saint wages war on the entire fabric of creation, with the bare weapons of truth and love.

The Range of Reason (1952)

The day when efficacy would prevail over truth will never come for the Church, for then the gates of hell would have prevailed against her.

The Peasant of the Garonne (1968)

It is not possible to escape from the results of the irruption of faith into the structures of our knowledge.

Science and Wisdom (1954)

Not only does the democratic state of mind stem from the inspiration of the Gospel, but it cannot exist without it.

Christianity and Democracy (1943)

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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Alexander Pope

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