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There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
Dominican Friar
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Tommaso d'Aquino
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For just as the first general precepts of the law of nature are self-evident to one in possession of natural reason, and have no need of promulgation, so also that of believing in God is primary and self-evident to one who has faith: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is.
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He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
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There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being.
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Art is right reason in the doing of work.
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There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
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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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Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
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The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.
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Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.
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One will observe that all things are arranged according to their degrees of beauty and excellence, and that the nearer they are to God, the more beautiful and better they are.
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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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The minister to whom confession is made is the delegate of Christ, Who is the Judge of the living and the dead.
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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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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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The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in His divinity, assumed our nature, so that He, made man, might make men gods.
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It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.
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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 set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help.
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What does it take to become a saint? Will it.
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Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
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