The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
THOMAS AQUINASIf the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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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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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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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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