The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
THOMAS AQUINASThe 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.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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We set forth our petitions before god, not in order to make known to him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in the things it is necessary to turn to god for help.
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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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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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