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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.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Peace, Powerful, War

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

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• For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative life, he needs the fellowship of friends.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Men, Contemplative Life, Order

  Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Way Publishing (2014). “The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition”, p.2558, Catholic Way Publishing

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

  Thomas Aquinas

  Beauty, Christian, Radiance

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

  Thomas Aquinas

  Philosophical, Demand, Reason

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

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• You change people by delight, by pleasure.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Change, People, Delight

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

  Thomas Aquinas

  Men, Giving Money, Jewish Community

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

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

  Thomas Aquinas

  Powerful, Passion, Perfection

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

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• If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Wine, Men, Doe

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• I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Goes On, Has Beens, Straws

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• The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Powerful, Catholic, Church

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 4 (Part III, First Section)”, p.2362, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Life, Freedom, Inspire

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

  Thomas Aquinas

  Faith, Blessed, Inspiration

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• He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Teaching, Church, Doe

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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

  Art, Work, Lying

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• The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.

  Thomas Aquinas

  God, Soul, World

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• The greatness of the human being consists in this:
  that it is capable of the universe.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Greatness, Humans, Human Beings

  "Questiones disputatae: De veritate (Disputed Questions: On Truth)". Book by Thomas Aquinas (Question 1, Article 2, Ad. 4), 1256-1259.

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• Give, expecting nothing there of.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Giving, Expecting

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• It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Facts, Impossible, Sin

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• All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Philosophical, Thoughtful, Love Is

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• Theology is taught by God, teaches God, and leads to God.

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  Taught, Teach, Theology

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• Sloth is sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good...it is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him away entirely from good deeds.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Men, Evil, Sloth

  Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Way Publishing (2014). “The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition”, p.5673, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . .

  Thomas Aquinas

  Sin, Ends, Mortal Sin

  Thomas Aquinas (2003). “On Evil”, p.273, Oxford University Press

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

  Thomas Aquinas

  Regret, Wine, Sleep

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• To virginity is awarded the tribute of the highest beauty

  Thomas Aquinas

  Tribute, Sacraments, Highest

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• There is no leisure about politics.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Leisure

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

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