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.
THOMAS AQUINASHe 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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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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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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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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 love is to will the good of the other.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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