God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
THOMAS AQUINASNothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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 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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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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