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• The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Powerful, Suffering, Saint

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

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• Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is evident that, in accord with natural order, the union of the sexes among animals is ordered towards conception. From this it follows that every sexual intercourse that cannot lead to conception is opposed to man's animal nature.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Christian, Sex, Men

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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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  Wise, Men, Relaxation

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 4 (Part III, First Section)”, p.1872, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Evil denotes the lack of good. Not every absence of good is an evil, for absence may be taken either in a purely negative or in aprivative sense. Mere negation does not display the character of evil, otherwise nonexistents would be evil and moreover, a thing would be evil for not possessing the goodness of something else, which would mean that man is bad for not having the strength of a lion or the speed of a wild goat. But what is evil is privation; in this sense blindness means the privation of sight.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Taken, Character, Mean

  Saint Thomas Aquinas (1951). “Philosophical Texts”, London : Oxford University Press

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• Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.

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  Eternity, Lacking, Whole

  Thomas Aquinas (1997). “Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas: Volume One”, p.75, Hackett Publishing

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• Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Mean, Omission, Catholic

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (2000). “The Aquinas Catechism: A Simple Explanation of the Catholic Faith by the Church's Greatest Theologian”, p.86, Sophia Institute Press

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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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  Law, Community, Care

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 2 (Part II, First Section)”, p.995, Cosimo, Inc.

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• By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by killing or in any other way whatsoever.

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  Animal, Men, Use

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• Without the suitable conditions life could not exist. But both life and its conditions set forth the operations of inscrutable Power. We know not its origin; we know not its end. And the presumption, if not the degradation, rests with those who place upon the throne of the universe a magnified image of themselves, and make its doings a mere colossal imitation of their own. Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy ... wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause of delight because it carries with it the hope of discovery.

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  Philosophy, Knowledge, Discovery

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• Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.

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  Argument, Demonstration, Difficulty

  Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Way Publishing (2014). “The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition”, p.68, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service.

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  Men, Giving, Devotion

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• It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason

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  Would Be, Reason, Natural

  Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Way Publishing (2014). “The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition”, p.4959, Catholic Way Publishing

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• It [covetousness] is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.

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  Men, Greed, Sake

  "Summa Theologica".

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• Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.

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  Law, Ability, Command

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

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• To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.

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  Powerful, Live Well, Shows

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• Natural inclinations are present in things from God, who moves all things. So it is impossible for the natural inclinations of a species to be toward evil in itself. But there is in all perfect animals a natural inclination toward carnal union. Therefore it is impossible for carnal union to be evil in itself.

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  Moving, Animal, Evil

  Thomas Aquinas (1975). “Summa Contra Gentiles: Book 3: Providence”, p.182, University of Notre Dame Pess

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• I answer that, Even, as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate.

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  Hate, Inspirational Life, Perfect

  "Summa Theologica". Volume 5,

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• Whatever was in the human nature of Christ was moved at the bidding of the divine will; yet it does not follow that in Christ there was no movement of the will proper to human nature, for the good wills of other saints are moved by God's will... For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.

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  Doe, Saint, Bidding

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 4 (Part III, First Section)”, p.2120, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Being born he have himself as our Companion, Eating with us he gave himself as Food, Dying He became our Ransom, Reigning he gives himself as our Reward

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  Giving, Dying, Ransom

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• Love works in a circle, for the beloved moves the lover by stamping a likeness, and the lover then goes out to hold the beloved inreality. Who first was the beginning now becomes the end of motion.

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  Love, Moving, Circles

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1960). “Philosophical Texts”

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• Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.

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  Long, Grace, Sin

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• Arrive at knowledge over small streamlets, and do not plunge immediately into the ocean, since progress must go from the easier to the more difficult.

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  Ocean, Progress, Easier

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• As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.

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  Sex, Powerful, Perfect

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 1”, p.466, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing

  Thomas Aquinas

  Atheist, Existence

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• Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life of grace unless he is born again spiritually. This regeneration is effected by Baptism: "Unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (Jn 3:5)

  Thomas Aquinas

  Spiritual, Men, Water

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