Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
THOMAS AQUINASThe soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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 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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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