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?
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.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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 greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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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Love follows knowledge.
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God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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