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.
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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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Love follows knowledge.
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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 love is to will the good of the other.
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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