The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
THOMAS AQUINASGod has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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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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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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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.
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