To love is to will the good of the other.
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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God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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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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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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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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