To love is to will the good of the other.
THOMAS AQUINASWonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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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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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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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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