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Thomas Aquinas Quotes: Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.
         

Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.


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The things that we love tell us what we are.



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To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.



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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.



We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.



Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.



For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.



If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.



To love is to will the good of the other.

To love is to will the good of the other.



Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.



How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.





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Obviously the horse can still do things that the gas car can never do, and the gas car will always be able to do things the electric car can't do. But they have really different uses and advantages.

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The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.



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There are no circumstances imaginable, not even victory, under which the proletariat should give up its possession of arms.



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I would like to say that that even the teachings of the Koran cannot be exempted from criticism.



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I've just always sung - just always sung. My voice has always been my best friend.



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Capitalists will sell us the rope we will hang them with.




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