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 AQUINASThere is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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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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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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