To love is to will the good of the other.
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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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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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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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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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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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 has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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