MY WAY OF LIFE, THE SUMMA SIMPLIFIED FOR EVERYONE
Walter Farrell and Martin J. Healy
The authors present St. Thomas Aquinas' 'Summa Theologica' in a form which everyone can understand.
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"The world is a mirror flashing back different facets of divine beauty, and all that is, by that very existence, shouts aloud God's name: He Who Is."
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"The whole world is ruled by the Providence of God….It is the Divine Mind which directs all the activities and movements of all creatures."
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"No one need ever be ignorant of God. Every single thing in the universe is plainly signed with the name of the divine Artist; and each thing has a distinct truth to tell about its Maker."
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"Faith is a habit which perfects humanity's reason or intellect."
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"His image is in us, however deeply buried under the debris of our living, and heaven is never beyond the reach of our fingers."
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"The natural inclination of every creature is an inclination to good."
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"We can open our eyes to the sharp hints of divine glory in the eager promise of spring, the austere cleanliness of winter, or the lush richness of late summer's fulfillment;…The minute details of nature's organization can stagger our minds with their multitude and complexity and so give us an insight into the horizons of divine wisdom."
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"The allure of the good is an ennobling invitation; for it is essentially a promise that we can become a part of this loved thing or make it a part of ourselves."
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"Good is an expanding force, capable of opening up the soul to the limitless vistas of the Divine Being."
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"To know something of ourselves is already to know a great deal about God, for we are made in His image."
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"To look at creatures is to marvel at the perfection of detail and symmetry of organization in the executed plan of the divine architect; infinite wisdom achieving the patterns of divinity, dazzling reflections of divinity glittering before the eyes. A glance ahead, down the road along which each creature rushes so intently, shows us the fixed purpose of all nature: to get closer to God, to struggle to that individual perfection which is a better imaging of the infinite perfection, to come to the beginning and the goal of all that is."
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"There is a divine Providence, a divine government, that guides a person; there is a power greater than man that moves him precisely to his responsible mastery of his own life."
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"Our will, the faculty of our desire and our love, is in ceaseless pursuit of goodness."
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"It would be more accurate to say that God contains us rather than that we have God within us."
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"We do indeed become the thing we love."
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"God is indeed not far from any one of us; rather, He is in us, as He is in every created thing, profoundly, intimately, more present to us than we are to ourselves."
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"In us, as in all creatures, perfection is reached by greater and greater complexity with more and more perfect order; the enriched powers and smooth precision of cooperation give a created image of the absolute simplicity that is divine richness. Created organization is the best possible reflection of divine unity."
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"We cannot retain our freedom if we cut ourselves off from God."
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"We can see in the darkness if we will look through the eyes of God."
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"Just as an apple tree works to produce fruit, so man works to produce good acts."
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"Love builds on justice or it is not love at all."
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"The great truths that must flood the mind of humanity with light are the limitless perfection of God and the perfectibility of humanity."
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"The government of the world is the execution of the Providence of God."
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"Our hearts are made for goodness, as the eye is made for color and the ear for sound."
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"Our happiness or misery is a matter of the objects of our loves."
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