Thomas Aquinas Quote

Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them w...
THOMAS AQUINAS

God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
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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.
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If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the...
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It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall l...
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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...
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Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the pers...
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Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to c...
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Beware of the man of one book.
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Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century In questions of this sort there ...
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Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 The end of all my labors has come. A...
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Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 Some there are who presume so...
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Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 It is clear that he does not pray, wh...
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In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptur...
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Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are wh...
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Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practi...
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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what ...
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The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to ...
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A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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Beware of the person of one book.
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Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poe...
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To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
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Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
THOMAS AQUINAS

Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
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By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
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Repeticio est mater studiorum.
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The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing wh...
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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deed...
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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable purs...
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Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a pur...
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary th...
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Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church te...
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We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be ...
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds...
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Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morall...
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Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
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To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wron...
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All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
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Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
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There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not poss...
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Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful dee...
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It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some...
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As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the ma...
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Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
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Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the u...
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The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted w...
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Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.
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How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute wit...
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All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, ...
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If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for exco...
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The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things ...
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The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bli...
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Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which...
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The soul is like an uninhabited world
that comes to life only when
God lays His head
...
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Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
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In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Se...
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Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a...
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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to co...
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The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
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Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances c...
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Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
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Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure o...
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to...
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Grant, O Lord my God, that I may never fall away in success or in failure; that I may not be pridefu...
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So if the ultimate felicity of man does not consist in external things which are called the goods of...
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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasi...
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Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
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Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the pers...
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It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity o...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morall...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
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Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only h...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practi...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.......
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church te...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to...
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Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

Concerning perfect blessed ness which consists in a vision of God. [Lat., Circa beatitudinem perf...
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what ...
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

...the goodness of the will depends on the intention of the end.
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Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.
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He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

Beware the man of one book.
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable purs...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

To convert somebody, go and take them by the hand and guide them.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money tha...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; and God has provid...
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Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular a...
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Since the Jews are the slaves of the Church, she can dispose of their possessions
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the ma...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Se...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Lord, in my zeal for the love of truth, let me not forget the truth about love.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Drink to the point of hilarity.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them w...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary th...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Puisque l'amour est cause de la joie, où l'amour est plus grand, la joie est plus manifeste.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poe...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted w...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

And therefore the Philosopher [Aristotle] says in Metaphysics VI that good and evil, which are objec...
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Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it...
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Beware the man of one book.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community
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If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for exco...
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For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whe...
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Reason in man is rather like God in the world
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The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing wh...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passions
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practi...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Give, expecting nothing thereof St
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Beware of the person of one book.
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Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good....
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To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what ...
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An angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision.
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Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
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But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above a...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances c...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

When you look at death, it makes you understand the importance of the moment when you have life and ...
MICKALENE THOMAS

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodie...
THOMAS HOBBES

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or ev...
THOMAS SOWELL

Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and th...
THOMAS BECKET

I'm a voyeur. I say that with no embarrassment. If I could have a superpower, being invisible wo...
THOMAS SCHLAMME

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
THOMAS PAINE

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
THOMAS PAINE

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll ...
THOMAS LYNCH

Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed.
THOMAS HARRIS

It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on wh...
CLARENCE THOMAS

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
THOMAS HOBBES

Love and a red rose can't be hid.
THOMAS HOLCROFT

Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the populatio...
THOMAS SOWELL

One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonor...
THOMAS SOWELL

The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't t...
THOMAS SOWELL

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of ...
THOMAS SOWELL

The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evi...
THOMAS SOWELL

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
THOMAS PAINE

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
THOMAS PAINE

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, lovi...
THOMAS PAINE

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting ...
THOMAS PAINE

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
THOMAS PAINE

These are the times that try men's souls.
THOMAS PAINE

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value...
THOMAS PAINE

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
THOMAS PAINE

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is ...
THOMAS HOBBES

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.
THOMAS HOBBES

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.
THOMAS HOBBES

Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
THOMAS HOBBES

Words are the money of fools.
THOMAS HOBBES

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after pow...
THOMAS HOBBES

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
THOMAS PAINE

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
THOMAS JEFFERSON

If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a...
IRWIN THOMAS

I'm not even allowed to sing in the shower at home. Too loud.
IRWIN THOMAS

I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
IRWIN THOMAS

I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and a...
IRWIN THOMAS

People refer to me as 'that 'Love Boat' man.'
IRWIN THOMAS

I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get...
IRWIN THOMAS

I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
IRWIN THOMAS

Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.
IRWIN THOMAS

My grandfather was from Aberdare. He was a coal miner who emigrated and then continued mining in Pen...
IRWIN THOMAS

When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thi...
IRWIN THOMAS

I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work.
ISAIAH THOMAS

Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player.
ISAIAH THOMAS

All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the K...
ISAIAH THOMAS

I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team.
ISAIAH THOMAS

We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.
ISAIAH THOMAS

We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the ...
ISAIAH THOMAS

It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into...
ISAIAH THOMAS

My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free thro...
ISAIAH THOMAS

The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run t...
ISAIAH THOMAS

It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys ...
ISAIAH THOMAS

Everybody wants to be perfect.
ISAIAH THOMAS

You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's wha...
ISAIAH THOMAS

The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.

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The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.

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