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.
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.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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 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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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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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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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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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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