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?
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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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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 one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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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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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen
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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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