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“Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Law #Ability #Command
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“In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life a man is sick on account of sin. For that reason he needs medicine so that he may be restored to health; and this grace is bestowed in the Sacrament of Penance.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Spiritual #Men #Medicine
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“Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Eternity #Lacking
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“To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Philosophical #Hands #Catholic
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“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Catholic #Matter #Dogma
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“The things that we love tell us what we are.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Love #Greatness #Catholic
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“Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Character #Passion #Mind
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“To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Inspirational #Believe #Sleep
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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.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Catholic #Saint #Way
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“To love God is something greater than to know Him.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Faith #Inspiration #God Love
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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.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Philosophical #Thoughtful #Love Is
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“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Faith #Love Is #Thoughtful
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“Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Believe #Scary #Religion
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“The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Jesus #Sacrifice #Celebration
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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.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Inspirational #Peace #Thoughtful
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“Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Faith #Hope #Philosophical
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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.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Evil #Catholic #Flesh
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“Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Spiritual #Men #Addiction
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“To love is to will the good of the other.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Love #Love Is
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“Wonder is the desire of knowledge.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Desire #Wonder
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“For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Evidence
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“Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Wise #Wisdom #Evil
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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…”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Soul #Taught #Ransom
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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.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Moving #Firsts #Prime
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“Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Love #Philosophical #Thoughtful
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“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Friendship #Philosophical #Real Friends
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“To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Patience #Perfection #Done
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“Beware of the person of one book.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Reading #Book #Philosophical
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“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Friendship #Relationship #Philosophical
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“Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
#Thoughtful #Love Is #Shining
