Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
THOMAS AQUINASRarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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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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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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.
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