More from Thomas Aquinas
If the primary aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
One who liberates his country by killing a tyrant is to be praised and rewarded.
Trans. J.G. Dawson (Oxford, 1959), 44, 2 in O’Donovan, pp. 329-30
More about faith
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Mere Christianity, Book III, Chapter 11 “Faith” (1952)Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Augustine of Hippo354–430Sermones 4.1.1


