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The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when
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St. Thomas Aquinas |
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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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truth
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Thomas Aquinas |
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Further, nothing, except sin, is contrary to an act of virtue. But war is contrary to peace. Therefore war is always a sin.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas |
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Human nature inclines us to have recourse to petition for the purpose of obtaining from another, especially from a person of higher rank, what we hope to receive from him. So prayer is recommended to men, that by it they may obtain from God what they hope to secure from Him. But the reason why prayer is necessary for obtaining something from a man is not the same as the reason for its necessity when there is question of obtaining a favor fr..
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religion
god
philosophy
metaphysics
superstition
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Thomas Aquinas |
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Locus ab auctoritate est infirmissimus. [The argument from authority is the weakest.]
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Saint Thomas Aquinas |
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Anything done against faith or conscience is sinful.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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0f2f477
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Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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e13bf0f
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One who liberates his country by killing a tyrant is to be praised and rewarded.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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bd1fa4c
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Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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f18d63b
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We can open our hearts to God, but only with Divine help.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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Truth is the ultimate end of the whole universe.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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Now, as the Word of God is the Son of God, so the love of God is the Holy Spirit.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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Whether God can make the past not to have been?
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Thomas Aquinas |
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Whether the Woman should have been made in the first production of things?
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Thomas Aquinas |
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f2a7022
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Not everyone who is enlightened by an angel knows that he is enlightened by him.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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Perfect happiness can consist in nothing else than the vision of the Divine Essence.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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To scorn the dictate of reason is to scorn the commandment of God.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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Thomas Aquinas |
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Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments.
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Thomas Aquinas |