Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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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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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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To love is to will the good of the other.
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