Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
THOMAS AQUINASGrant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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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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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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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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 Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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 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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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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