There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
THOMAS AQUINASTo one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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The study of truth requires a considerable effort – which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge – despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.
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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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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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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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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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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
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