Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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