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21 " Creator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of my understanding. Take from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance. Give me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally. Grant me the talent of being exact in my explanations and the ability to express myself with thoroughness and charm. Point out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in the completion. "
― Thomas Aquinas
22 " Friendship makes you feel as one with your friend. "
23 " God is never angry for His sake, only for ours. "
24 " It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin. "
― Thomas Aquinas , Disputed Questions on the Virtues (Texts in the History of Philosophy)
25 " Beware the man of a single book. "
26 " If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy. "
27 " Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. "
28 " Nothing which implies contradiction falls under the omnipotence of God. "
― Thomas Aquinas , Summa Theologica
29 " The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men. "
― Thomas Aquinas , Summa Contra Gentiles
30 " If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. "
31 " If you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way. "
32 " If you want to be saved look at the face of your Christ. "
33 " If you want to be saved look the face of your Christ. "
34 " It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need "
35 " Angels need an assumed body, not for themselves, but on our account. "
36 " There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. "
37 " Love takes up where knowledge leaves off. "
38 " By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments. "
39 " That 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. "
40 " Further, nothing, except sin, is contrary to an act of virtue. But war is contrary to peace. Therefore war is always a sin. "