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.
THOMAS AQUINASTo love is to will the good of the other.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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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 soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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