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.
THOMAS AQUINASMan 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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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