God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
THOMAS AQUINASRarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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 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 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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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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 things that we love tell us what we are.
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