Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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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 soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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