God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
THOMAS AQUINASFriendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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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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Love follows knowledge.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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