Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
THOMAS AQUINASThere is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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