Our aspect of neighborly love is that we must not merely will our neighbors good, but actually work to bring it about.
THOMAS AQUINASTo 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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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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