Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
THOMAS AQUINASHow 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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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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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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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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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