When the devil is called god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldiness.
THOMAS AQUINASThe Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
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The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping.
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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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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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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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?
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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