Quotes About Existence

Everything is as real as nothing, whatever way the nothing itself is defined.

God is as real as mind and the mind is as real as nature.

Love is a discovery, God is an invention.

Their relationship consisted In discussing if it existed.

The concept of an inactive church member is an oxymoron. Biblically, no such church member really exists.

I'm not here, This isn't happening

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.

Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.

There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.

There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being.

Again, it is self-evident that truth exists. For truth exists if anything at all is true, and if anyone denies that truth exists, he concedes that it is true that it does not exist, since if truth does not exist it is then true that it does not exist.

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

Angels need an assumed body, not for themselves, but on our account.

Faith presupposes natural knowledge, even as grace presupposes nature, and perfection supposes something that can be perfected.

I answer that, Every being, as being, is good. For all being, as being, has actuality and is in some way perfect; since every act implies some sort of perfection; and perfection implies desirability and goodness, as is clear from A[1]. Hence it follows that every being as such is good.

Esto es parte de la bondad infinita de Dios, que Él debe permitir que el mal exista, y de él se produzca el bien.

On the contrary, Augustine says (Enchiridion 14) that "evil exists only in good.

We now inquire into the place of the angels. Touching this there are three subjects of inquiry: (1) Is the angel in a place? (2) Can he be in several places at once? (3) Can several angels be in the same place?

This is part of the infinite goodness of God, that He should allow evil to exist, and out of it produce good.

Hence, according to the Philosopher (Metaph. x), "things which are diverse are absolutely distinct, but things which are different differ by something.

Hence Augustine says (Gen. ad lit. ii, 8): "The other things which are lower than the angels are so created that they first receive existence in the knowledge of the rational creature, and then in their own nature.

Reply to Objection 1: There is nothing wholly evil in the world, for evil is ever founded on good, as shown above (Q[48], A[3]). Therefore something is said to be evil through its escaping from the order of some particular good. If it wholly escaped from the order of the Divine government, it would wholly cease to exist.

The mind stands upright when it is humbly submitted to God. For each thing exists to a higher and more noble state to the extent it stands firm in what perfects it more.