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Good Quotes by Thomas Aquinas
- Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
- To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.
- Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.
- Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
- Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
- 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…
- A person is disposed to an act of choice by an angel ... in two ways. Sometimes, a man's understanding is enlightened by an angel…
- Without doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor to one's life, one's goods or one's physical integrity; sometimes, even 'til the aggressor's…
- One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about.
- 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…
- One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.
- God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
- The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the…
- The fact that the evil ones, as long as they live, can be corrected from their errors does not prohibit that they may be justly…
- Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contributes to the good of the whole body, so it is in a spiritual…
- 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.
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