Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
THOMAS AQUINASFear 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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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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 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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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