Tag: Thomas Aquinas
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Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
Thomas Aquinas
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Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
Thomas Aquinas
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There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
Thomas Aquinas
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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.
Thomas Aquinas
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Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not.
Thomas Aquinas
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Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
Thomas Aquinas
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Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
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Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
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Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Thomas Aquinas