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Thomas Aquinas quotes

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Thomas Aquinas quote: "How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all..."
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas quote: "Love takes up where knowledge leaves off."
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off. Thomas Aquinas
Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas quote: "The things that we love tell us what we are."
The things that we love tell us what we are. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas quote: "Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and..."
Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas quote: "Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and..."
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. Thomas Aquinas
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
Thomas Aquinas quote: "There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true..."
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas quote: "Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship..."
Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas quote: "Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by..."
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will. Thomas Aquinas
It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas quote: "Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him..."
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. Thomas Aquinas
Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community. Thomas Aquinas
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. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas quote: "To live well is to work well, to show a good activity."
To live well is to work well, to show a good activity. Thomas Aquinas

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