Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
THOMAS AQUINASTo love is to will the good of the other.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen
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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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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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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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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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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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Love follows knowledge.
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