I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
Thomas AquinasSecondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is evident that, in accord with natural order, the union of the sexes among animals is ordered towards conception. From this it follows that every sexual intercourse that cannot lead to conception is opposed to man's animal nature.
Thomas AquinasMercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.
Thomas Aquinas