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.
THOMAS AQUINASThere must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call 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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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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