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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.

Thomas Aquinas

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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Declare Deep Harmony Live Man Mind Philosophy Stars War
God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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God Gratitude Need Philosophy Receive Worship
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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Deep Desire God Help Himself Necessary Need Petition Philosophy Realize Thing
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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Angel Believe Deep Exist Invisible Philosophy Pretend Sleep
Beware the man of a single book.
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Beware Book Man Single
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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Man Philosophy Study Thought Truth
A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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God Heart Man Philosophy Will
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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Benefit Deep Evil God Good Harmony Himself Philosophy Universe World
The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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Error Great Himself Kind Lead Man Truth
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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Angry Deep Good Himself Immoral Just Justice Live Philosophy
Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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Better Contemplate Deliver Illuminate Shine Truth
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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Deep Effort Fact God Knowledge Love Man Mind Natural Philosophy Study Truth
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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Allow Compassion Deep Emotion Fear Feeling Heart Human Philosophy Power
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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Action Good Love Neighbor Philosophy
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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Deep Faith Necessary
Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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Alone Create Fill God Heart Infinite Man

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