Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Greed is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Even as he would be guilty of falsehood who would, in the name of another person, proffer things that are not committed… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Wonder [admiratio astonishment, marvel] is a kind of desire for knowledge. The situation arises when one sees an effect and does not… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Man can sin against nature in two ways. First, when he sins against his specific rational nature, acting contrary to reason. In… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
An angel can illumine the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Baptism is the Sacrament of Faith. Now, dead faith does not suffice for salvation .. .Therefore, the Sacrament of Baptism cannot give… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the soul would be sufficient for him; by them he would… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“A capacity as such is directed to an act. Wherefore we seek to know the nature of a capacity from the act to which… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Yet no-one can say that God has not a Word, for it would follow that God is most foolish.” — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
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… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with the object,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
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