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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.
Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
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Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is evident that, in accord with natural order, the union of the sexes among animals is ordered towards conception. From this it follows that every sexual intercourse that cannot lead to conception is opposed to man's animal nature.
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The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.
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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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How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.
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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 happy man in this life needs friends.
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Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.
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The meaning of what is said is according to the motive for saying it: because things are not subject to speech, but speech to things. Therefore we should take account of the motive of the lawgiver, rather than of his very words.
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Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.
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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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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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Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source in nature deliberate effects can be traced back to human reason or will as their source. There is no need then to assume that God exists.
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There being an imminent danger for the faith, prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects.
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The human mind may perceive truth only through thinking, as is clear from Augustine.
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For those with faith, no evidence is necessary for those without it, no evidence will suffice.
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The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.
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