“Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.”

— Thomas Aquinas

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Italian Dominican scholastic philosopher of the Roman Catho… 1225–1274

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