God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
THOMAS AQUINASA 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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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Our aspect of neighborly love is that we must not merely will our neighbors good, but actually work to bring it about.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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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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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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