Beware the man of a single book.
THOMAS AQUINASThe greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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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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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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