True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
THOMAS AQUINASThe 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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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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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 things that we love tell us what we are.
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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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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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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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We set forth our petitions before god, not in order to make known to him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in the things it is necessary to turn to god for help.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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