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.
THOMAS AQUINASGod himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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Love follows knowledge.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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