The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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 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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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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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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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 soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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 love is to will the good of the other.
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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