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.
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 greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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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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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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