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?
THOMAS AQUINASThe things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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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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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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Love follows knowledge.
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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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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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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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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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The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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