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    Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love.
    —Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274)

    Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
    —Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274)

    Even if it is given that someone understands the name ‘God’ to signify what is said, namely, ‘that than which a greater cannot be conceived,’ it does not follow that what is signified by this name exists in the nature of things, but only that it exists in the apprehension of the understanding.
    —Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274)