The things that we love tell us what we are.
THOMAS AQUINASIt is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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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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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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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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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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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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