The things that we love tell us what we are.
THOMAS AQUINASNothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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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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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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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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Love follows knowledge.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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