Man cannot live without joy. That is why one deprived of spiritual joys goes over to carnal pleasures.
—Thomas Aquinas
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Man cannot live without joy. That is why one deprived of spiritual joys goes over to carnal pleasures.
—Thomas Aquinas
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Just as it is better to illuminate than merely to shine, so to pass on what one has contemplated is better than merely to contemplate.
—Thomas Aquinas
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Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
—Thomas Aquinas
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The most hopeful people in the world are the young and the drunk. The first because they have little experience of failure, and the second because they have succeeded in drowning theirs.
—Thomas Aquinas
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Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in sound.
–Thomas Aquinas
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One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.
—Thomas Aquinas