True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
THOMAS AQUINASHow 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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Love follows knowledge.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you could live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
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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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