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.
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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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 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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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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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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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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 soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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