Today’s One-Liner (#258)
Many people take pride even in their humility. ––Saint Thomas Aquinas, in Josef Pieper, The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas, #379
Tag: Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Hourly Battle
With every vice, virtue becomes more difficult, but still possible. With every virtue, additional virtue becomes less difficult, but vice is always still possible. Life is spiritual warfare, and both sides are very much alive….
Today’s One-Liner (#254)
Sin consists in the loss of order in the soul, just as sickness consists in disorder of the body. ––Saint Thomas Aquinas, in Josef Pieper, The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas, #299
Today’s One-Liner (#235)
We are not free unless we are good, and we are not good unless we listen to reason. –Peter Kreeft, Practical Theology: Spiritual Direction from Saint Thomas Aquinas–350+ Ways Your Mind Can Help You Become…
Today’s One-Liner (#211)
Most universities today are so structured that they have no time for reading Aristotle or Aquinas. James V. Schall, Docilitas: On Teaching and Being Taught, 114
Today’s One-Liner (#200)
The boldest people are those who are rightly related to divine things. –Josef Piper, The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas: A Breviary of Philosophy from the works of St. Thomas Aquinas, #355