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Dominican Friar Inspirational Quotes (440)

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To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.
Thomas Aquinas
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As long as I am this or that, or have this or that, I am not all things and I have not all things. Become pure till you neither are nor have either this or that then you are omnipresent and, being neither this nor that, are all things.
Meister Eckhart
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Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing
Thomas Aquinas
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Faith does not quench desire, but inflames it.
Thomas Aquinas
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Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
Thomas Aquinas
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The Bread of angels has become the Bread of mankind This heavenly Bread puts an end to all images O wonderful reality! The poor, the slave, and the humble can eat the Lord.
Thomas Aquinas
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To be properly expressed a thing must proceed from within, moved by its form: it must come, not in from without but out from within.
Meister Eckhart
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Natural inclinations are present in things from God, who moves all things. So it is impossible for the natural inclinations of a species to be toward evil in itself. But there is in all perfect animals a natural inclination toward carnal union. Therefore it is impossible for carnal union to be evil in itself.
Thomas Aquinas
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The very best and noblest attainment in this life is to be silent and let God work and speak within. Therefore it is said: 'In the midst of silence the secret word was spoken to me'.
Meister Eckhart
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The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.
Timothy Radcliffe
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He is conscious only of God...To be conscious of knowing God is to know about God and self.
Meister Eckhart
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For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again.
Meister Eckhart
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I pray you, magnificent Sir, do not trouble yourself to return to us, but await our coming to you.
Giordano Bruno
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And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.
Meister Eckhart
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There are not two histories, one profane and one sacred, 'juxtaposed' or 'closely linked.' Rather there is only one human destiny.
Gustavo Gutiérrez
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Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.
Thomas Aquinas
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People who dwell in God dwell in the eternal now.
Meister Eckhart
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Liberation from every form of exploitation, the possibility of a more human and dignified life, the creation of a new humankind - all pass through this struggle.
Gustavo Gutiérrez
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Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.
Thomas Aquinas
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As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.
Thomas Aquinas
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There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.
Thomas Aquinas
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The most powerful prayer, one wellnigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is.
Meister Eckhart
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For then I knew my soul - every soul - has always held Him.
Meister Eckhart
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Every creature is a word of God.
Meister Eckhart
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