Quotes from Ralph McInerny

When you have got a new idea, read Aristotle to find out what's wrong with it.

The young see things in black and white while the favorite adverb of the aged is "perhaps.

Mad Thomist's Syllogism: All wisdom is in the mind of the Angelic Doctor. I know the mind of the Angelic Doctor.

What a mystery the human person is. Sometimes horrible effects of our choices come that we in no way intend. Sometimes the difference between what we think we are doing and what we are actually doing is total. But it is the inner intention that then characterizes what we do or do not do.