QUOTES by Thomas Aquinas
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Further, nothing, except sin, is contrary to an act of virtue. But war is contrary to peace. Therefore war is always a sin.
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Jerome says (Ep. ad Nepot. lii): "Shun, as you would the plague, a cleric who from being poor has become wealthy, or who, from being a nobody has become a celebrity.
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The slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge obtained of lesser things.
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Now in matters of action the reason directs all things in view of the end:
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Pipes are not to be used for teaching, nor any artificial instruments, as the harp, or the like: but whatsoever will make the hearers good men.
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It has become the fashion to talk about Mysticism, even to pose as Mystics, and—need it be said?—those who talk the most on such subjects are those who know the least.
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Honor is due to God and to persons of great excellence as a sign of attestation of excellence already existing; not that honor makes them excellent.
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It is better to illuminate than merely to shine. Maius est illuminare quam lucere solum.
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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which set bounds to the passions
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In the old law, God was praised both with musical instruments, and human voices. But the church does not use musical instruments to praise God, lest she should seem to judaize.
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The truth can be perceived only through thinking, as is proven by Augustine.
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The Stone is one, the Medicine is one, to which we add nothing, only in the preparation removing superfluities.
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Our manner of knowing is so weak that no philosopher could perfectly investigate the nature of even one little fly.
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Knowledge depends on the mode of the knower; for what is known is in the knower according to the measure of his mode
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Thus the sun which possesses light perfectly, can shine by itself; whereas the moon which has the nature of light imperfectly, sheds only a borrowed light.
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If you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way.
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To make peace either in oneself or among others, shows a man to be a follower of God,
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The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bliss be more delightful for them.
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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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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.
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Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.
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I answer that, As Augustine says (De Moribus Eccl. vi), "the soul needs to follow something in order to give birth to virtue: this something is God: if we follow Him we shall live aright.
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Man should not consider his material possessions as his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need
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I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught…
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The existence of a prime mover- nothing can move itself; there must be a first mover. The first mover is called God.
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While injustice is the worst of sins, despair is the most dangerous; because when you are in despair you care neither about yourself nor about others.
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The human mind may perceive truth only through thinking, as is clear from Augustine.
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A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.
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It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.
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Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain.
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It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need
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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
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Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His. If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.
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