If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
THOMAS AQUINASTrue peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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We set forth our petitions before god, not in order to make known to him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in the things it is necessary to turn to god for help.
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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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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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