When the devil is called god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldiness.
THOMAS AQUINASHe 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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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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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