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Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1265If all evil were prevented, much good would be absent from the universe. A lion would cease to live, if there were no slaying of animals; and there would be no patience of martyrs if there were no tyrannical persecution. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1265Whatever we do or suffer for a friend is pleasant, because love is the principal cause of pleasure. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1265Everything I have written seems like straw by comparison with what I have seen and what has been revealed to me. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1273Three things are necessary for man to be saved: knowledge of what is to be believed, knowledge of what is to be desired, and knowledge of what is to be done. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1273Law: an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1273