God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
THOMAS AQUINASThere is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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 things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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