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.
THOMAS AQUINASThere is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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