True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
THOMAS AQUINASTo pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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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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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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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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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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