Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
THOMAS AQUINASTo love is to will the good of the other.
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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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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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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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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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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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