Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
THOMAS AQUINASMost men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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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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Love follows knowledge.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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