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Thomas Aquinas Quotes: Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
         

Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.


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The things that we love tell us what we are.

The things that we love tell us what we are.



To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.



The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.



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.

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.



Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.



For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.



If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.



To love is to will the good of the other.

To love is to will the good of the other.



Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.



How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.





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I'm a better coach now than when I joined Celtic. The longer you stay in any job, the better you become. If you lose your drive, your enthusiasm, your imagination, that experience is no good.

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Reputation, you know – a lifetime to build, seconds to destroy.

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And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.

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