It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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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Beware the man of a single book.
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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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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 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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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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 greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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