Man cannot naturally will the good except under the aspect of the good.

Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it.

Whatever is received is received according to the mode of the receiver.

Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.

Good is to be done and pursued, and evil is to be avoided.

As in all things, we suffer from excess in reading too. Many books are a burden, not an ornament.

-- Seneca

Blue dye is extracted from the indigo plant, yet it is bluer than indigo itself.

-- Xunzi

Learning must never cease.

-- Xunzi

Knowing it is less than loving it; loving it is less than delighting in it.

-- Confucius

When three walk together, one is surely my teacher. I follow what is good and correct what is not.

-- Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

-- Confucius