I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
THOMAS AQUINASBeware the man of a single book.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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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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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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