Thomas Aquinas Quotes

“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.”

― Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica

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“Thus the sun which possesses light perfectly, can shine by itself; whereas the moon which has the nature of light imperfectly, sheds only a borrowed light.”

― Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica

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“For even as it is better to enlighten than merely to shine, so is it better to give to others the fruits of one's contemplation than merely to contemplate.”

― Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica

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