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
THOMAS AQUINASWe 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.
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I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of 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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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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 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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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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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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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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