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.
THOMAS AQUINASTo one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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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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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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