The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
THOMAS AQUINASOur 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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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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Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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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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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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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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