Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
THOMAS AQUINASWe 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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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