Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
THOMAS AQUINASFaith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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When the devil is called god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldiness.
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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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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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Our aspect of neighborly love is that we must not merely will our neighbors good, but actually work to bring it about.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen
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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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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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