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?
THOMAS AQUINASIt is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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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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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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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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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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