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.
THOMAS AQUINASBeware the man of a single book.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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