If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
THOMAS AQUINASThe soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
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The study of truth requires a considerable effort – which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge – despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping.
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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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Love follows knowledge.
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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.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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