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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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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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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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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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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
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