01UndatedLaw 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 / quote ↗
02UndatedIt is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.Thomas Aquinas / quote ↗
03UndatedThat the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.Thomas Aquinas / quote ↗
05UndatedThe knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art.Thomas Aquinas / quote ↗
06UndatedWe can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.Thomas Aquinas / quote ↗
07UndatedThe principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.Thomas Aquinas / quote ↗
08UndatedHold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.Thomas Aquinas / quote ↗