Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts. (Thomas Aquinas)

Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.

Thomas Aquinas

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