Since, as Damascene states (De Fide Orth. ii, 12), man is said to be made in God's image, in so far as the image implies "an intelligent being endowed with free-will and self-movement": now that we have treated of the exemplar, i.e. God, and of those things which came forth from the power of God in accordance with His will; it remains for us to treat of His image, i.e. man, inasmuch as he too is the principle of his actions, as having free-will and control of his actions.
Thoughts and Counsels of the Saints for Every Day of the Year : Daily Wisdom from Christian Saints
Saint Anselm, Henry Suso, Albert the Great, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Alphonsus, Saint Antoninus, Saint Benedict, Saint Bernard, Saint Catherine Siena, Saint Gregory, Saint Ignatius, Saint Mechtildis, Saint Teresa, Saint Vincent de Paul, Saint Vincent Ferrer, Jordan of Saxony, Bartholomew of Martyrs, John Tauler, Julienne Morel, Louis de Blois, Louis de Granada
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Summa Theologica
Saint Thomas Aquinas
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