There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
THOMAS AQUINASBecause 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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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Love follows knowledge.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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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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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.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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