The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
THOMAS AQUINASIf the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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