There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
THOMAS AQUINASTo 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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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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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 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.
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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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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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