We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.
THOMAS AQUINASThere is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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 soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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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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He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you could live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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