"Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times."
-Thomas Aquinas
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"How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.“
-Thomas Aquinas
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"Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work."
-Thomas Aquinas
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"It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us."
-Thomas Aquinas
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"The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces."
-Thomas Aquinas
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"To live well is to work well, to show a good activity."
-Thomas Aquinas
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"In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention."
-Thomas Aquinas
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"We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level."
-Karen Armstrong
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