A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
THOMAS AQUINASA mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
THOMAS AQUINASGod has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
THOMAS AQUINASHe who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you could live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.
THOMAS AQUINASThree 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.
THOMAS AQUINASHow 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?
THOMAS AQUINASThe greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
THOMAS AQUINASThe Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
THOMAS AQUINASThere is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
THOMAS AQUINASWe must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.
THOMAS AQUINASGrant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen
THOMAS AQUINASFaith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
THOMAS AQUINASMost men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
THOMAS AQUINASTo love is to will the good of the other.
THOMAS AQUINASTrue peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
THOMAS AQUINASWonder is the desire of knowledge.
THOMAS AQUINASOur aspect of neighborly love is that we must not merely will our neighbors good, but actually work to bring it about.
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