Thomas Aquinas Quotes - Page 2

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• One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Evil, Use, Action

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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

  Powerful, Catholic, Saint

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• One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about.

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  Love Is, Aspect, Neighbour

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• He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity.

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  Teaching, Men, Religion Of Islam

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• A man's heart is right when he wills what God wills.

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  Heart, Men, Gods Will

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• Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

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  Sympathy, Condolences, Wine

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• If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

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  Unjust, Injustice, Wells

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• No man truly has joy unless he lives in love.

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  Men, Joy

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1951). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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• To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

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  Faith, Powerful, Thoughtful

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• The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.

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  Soul, Virtue

  Saint Thomas Aquinas, Aeterna Press (2015). “Of God and His Creatures”, p.188, Aeterna Press

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• There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.

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  Soul, Thirst

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• Humility is the mark of a genuine disciple.

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  Humility, Humble, Genuine

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• There can be no joy in living without joy in work.

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  Happiness, Work, Joy

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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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  Inspirational, Peace, Powerful

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• The light of faith makes us see what we believe.

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  Believe, Light, Statistics

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 3 (Part II, Second Section)”, p.1166, Cosimo, Inc.

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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.

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  Patience, Perfection, Done

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• We set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help.

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  Order, Desire, Needs

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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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  Stars, Powerful, War

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• True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.

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  Adversity, Gods Will, True Peace

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• When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.

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  Devil, World, Made

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “Theological texts”

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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.

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  Philosophical, Thoughtful, Love Is

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• To love God is something greater than to know Him.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Catholic

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 3 (Part II, Second Section)”, p.1302, Cosimo, Inc.

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• God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.

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  Evil, Benefits, World

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• Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

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  Love, Philosophical, Thoughtful

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1951). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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• What does it take to become a saint? Will it.

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  Catholic, Doe, Saint

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