The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
THOMAS AQUINASBetter to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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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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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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 is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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Love follows knowledge.
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