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.
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.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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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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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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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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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.
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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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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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