The things that we love tell us what we are.
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.
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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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