God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
THOMAS AQUINASTo love is to will the good of the other.
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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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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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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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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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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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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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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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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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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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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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It is only god who creates. Man merely arranges.
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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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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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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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Love follows knowledge.
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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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A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
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