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.
THOMAS AQUINASA mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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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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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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