God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
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.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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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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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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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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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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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 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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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