True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
THOMAS AQUINASI would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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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 one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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