Thomas Aquinas - Perfection Quotes

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He who enters religion does not make profession to be perfect, but he professes to endeavor to attain perfection; even as he who enters the schools does not profess to have knowledge, but to study in order to acquire knowledge.

Thomas Aquinas

The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.

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The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But God is the most perfect agent. Therefore, things created by Him obtain perfection from Him. So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.

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Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

Thomas Aquinas