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To love God is something greater than to know Him.
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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Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Tommaso d'Aquino
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The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.
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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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Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.
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Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.
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Not everyone who is enlightened by an angel knows that he is enlightened by him.
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Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
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It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
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Christ was either liar, lunatic, or Lord!
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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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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We ought to cherish the body. Our body's substance is not from an evil principle, as the Manicheans imagine, but from God. And therefore, we ought to cherish the body by the friendship of love, by which we love God.
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Characteristics which define beauty are wholeness, harmony and radiance.
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As the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods.
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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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In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention.
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It is only God who creates. Man merely rearranges.
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