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.
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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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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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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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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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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