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Thomas Aquinas Inspirational Quotes (179)

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The soul, which is the first principle of life, is not a body, but the act of a body just as heat, which is the principle of calefaction, is not a body, but an act of a body.
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A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends.
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Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding is in eternity above time. Just as a man going along a road does not see those who come after him but the man who sees the whole road from a height sees all those who are going along the road at the same time.
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The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
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I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.
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The Angel's bread is made the Bread of man today.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.
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It seems that God does not exist because if one of two contraries be infinite, the other would be altogether destroyed. But the word God means that He is infinite goodness. If, therefore, God existed, there would be no evil discoverable but there is evil in the world. Therefore God does not exist.
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Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment confession of sins without any omission and satisfaction by means of good works.
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Love works in a circle, for the beloved moves the lover by stamping a likeness, and the lover then goes out to hold the beloved inreality. Who first was the beginning now becomes the end of motion.
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
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The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing or whether it be obscured or disfigured, as is the case with sinners or whether it be clear and beautiful as is the case with the just.
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Concerning perfect blessedness which consists in a vision of God.
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If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that which he has of the animal nature, much more deserving of condemnation are the sins against nature by which man degrades his own animal nature.
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The custom of the Church has very great authority and ought to be jealously observed in all things.
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We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own.
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What does it take to become a saint? Will it.
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There is nothing in your mind which wasn't experienced before hand.
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Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail.
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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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Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
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It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.
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For those with faith, no evidence is necessary for those without it, no evidence will suffice.
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