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.
THOMAS AQUINASTrue peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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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 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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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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