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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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Love follows knowledge.
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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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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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Our aspect of neighborly love is that we must not merely will our neighbors good, but actually work to bring it about.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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Beware the man of a single book.
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He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you could live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.
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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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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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