The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
THOMAS AQUINASNothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?
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We set forth our petitions before god, not in order to make known to him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in the things it is necessary to turn to god for help.
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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
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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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We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.
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Love follows knowledge.
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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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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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