If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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 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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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
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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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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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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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