True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
THOMAS AQUINASIt is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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Wonder is the desire of 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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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Love follows knowledge.
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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
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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