To love is to will the good of the other.
THOMAS AQUINASI would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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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