Tag: Thomas Aquinas
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Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love.
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Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
Thomas Aquinas
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To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
Thomas Aquinas
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
Thomas Aquinas
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The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
Thomas Aquinas
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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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Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
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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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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.
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Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man’s own will.
Thomas Aquinas