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.
THOMAS AQUINASThere must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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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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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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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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