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.
THOMAS AQUINASThe 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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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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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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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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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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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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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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