If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
THOMAS AQUINASThe things that we love tell us what we are.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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