The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
THOMAS AQUINASWe 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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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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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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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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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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