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.
THOMAS AQUINASThe greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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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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