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.
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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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 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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
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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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