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A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Tommaso d'Aquino
Thomas of Aquino
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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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 is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.
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All my words are but chaff next to the faith of a simple man.
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To love God is something greater than to know Him.
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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The last end of every maker, as such, is himself, for what we make we use for our own sake and if at any time a man make a thing for the sake of something else, it is referred to his own good, whether his use, his pleasure, or his virtue.
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He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.
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To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer.
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We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.
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In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.
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Do not wish to jump immediately from the streams to the sea, because one has to go through easier things to the more difficult.
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