There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
THOMAS AQUINASWhen 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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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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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 soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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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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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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 one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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