Italian - Theologian | 1225 - 1274
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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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.
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It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.
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Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
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Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
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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.
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The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
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Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
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Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.
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Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
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