Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
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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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 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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.
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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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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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