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  Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

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  Powerful, Passion, Perfection

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 1”, p.484, Cosimo, Inc.

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• You change people by delight, by pleasure.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Change, People, Delight

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• One day when Thomas Aquinas was preaching to the local populace on the love of God, he saw an old woman listening attentively to his every word. And inspired by her eagerness to learn more about her God whom she loved so dearly, he said to the people: It is better to be this unlearned woman, loving God with all her heart, than the most learned theologian lacking love.

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  Heart, People, Listening

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• Give, expecting nothing there of.

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  Giving, Expecting

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• Anything done against faith or conscience is sinful.

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  Done, Conscience

  "Commentary on Romans". Book by Thomas Aquinas. Chapter 14, 3,

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• Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit.

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  Holiness, May, Spirit

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• As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.

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  Christian, Religious, Stars

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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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  God, Soul, World

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• We can open our hearts to God, but only with Divine help.

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  Heart, Divine Help, Helping

  "Questiones disputatae: De veritate (Disputed Questions: On Truth)". Book by Thomas Aquinas (Question 24, Article 15, Ad. 2), 1256-1259.

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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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  Song, Voice, Dwelling

  "St. Thomas's Introduction to his Exposition of the Psalms of David". Introduction, dhspriory.org.

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• The happy man in this life needs friends.

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  Men, Needs, This Life

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• Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.

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  Love Is, Force, Binding

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1960). “Philosophical Texts”

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• Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

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  Powerful, Passion, Character

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• Characteristics which define beauty are wholeness, harmony and radiance.

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  Beauty, Christian, Radiance

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• A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends.

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  Angel, Men, Doe

  Thomas Aquinas, Anton C. Pegis (1997). “Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Volume 2”, p.175, Hackett Publishing

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• The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.

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  Faith, Blessed, Inspiration

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• Art is right reason in the doing of work.

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  Art, Reason, Art Is

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• Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

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  Powerful, Reality, Mind

  Saint Thomas Aquinas (1951). “Philosophical Texts”, London : Oxford University Press

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• Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.

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  Philosophical, Demand, Reason

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

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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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  Peace, Powerful, War

  "Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas (Part II-II, Question 40, Article 1, pp. 1359-1360), 1485.

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• O saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to man below, Our foes press on from every side, Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.

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  Men, Heaven, Saving

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

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  Regret, Wine, Sleep

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• When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.

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  Fear, Men, Despair

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• Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance.

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  Men, Giving Money, Jewish Community

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1948). “Aquinas Selected Political Writings”

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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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  Men, Perfection, Contemplation

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