Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
THOMAS AQUINASThe greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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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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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
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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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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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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 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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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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