Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
THOMAS AQUINASIt is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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 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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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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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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