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?
THOMAS AQUINASThree 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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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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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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Love follows knowledge.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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