Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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 greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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