I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
THOMAS AQUINASIf the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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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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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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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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