If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
THOMAS AQUINASThe things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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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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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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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
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