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Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
Dominican Friar
Philosopher
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Professor
Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas
Tommaso d'Aquino
Thomas of Aquino
St Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
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But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals.
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Faith is God's work within us.
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The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world.
Thomas Aquinas
It is only God who creates. Man merely rearranges.
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For those with faith, no evidence is necessary for those without it, no evidence will suffice.
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Anger and the like are attributed to God on account of a similitude of effect. Thus, because to punish is properly the act of an angry man, God's punishment is metaphorically spoken of as His anger.
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To the Everlasting Father, And the Son who made us free And the Spirit, God proceeding From them Each eternally, Be salvation, honour, blessing, Might and endless majesty.
Thomas Aquinas
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principle of individuation is matter.
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If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
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The happy man in this life needs friends.
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Christ was either liar, lunatic, or Lord!
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Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service.
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He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
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This Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin.
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A person is disposed to an act of choice by an angel ... in two ways. Sometimes, a man's understanding is enlightened by an angel to know what is good, but it is not instructed as to the reason why ... But sometimes he is instructed by angelic illumination, both that this act is good and as to the reason why it is good.
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
Thomas Aquinas
The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.
Thomas Aquinas
I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry.
Thomas Aquinas
It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.
Thomas Aquinas
