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.
THOMAS AQUINASFriendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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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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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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Love follows knowledge.
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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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