We 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.
THOMAS AQUINASIt is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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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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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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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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Love follows knowledge.
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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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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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