To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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