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 AQUINASWonder is the desire of 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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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