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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.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.

Wonder is the desire of knowledge.

Beware of the person of one book.

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

Whatever is received, is received according to the nature of the recipient.

How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most of us can barely go a minute without declaring war on our minds?

Three things are necessary for the salvation of humans: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. Something which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”

-Thomas Aquinas