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.
THOMAS AQUINASWhen 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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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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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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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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 one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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 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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