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?
THOMAS AQUINASI 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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
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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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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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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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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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