Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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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 greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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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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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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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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