"Raynalde, non possum, quia omnia quae scripsi videntur mihi palae. Replying to Reginald of Piperno: Videntur mihi palae respectu eorum quae vidi et revelata sunt mihi."
— Thomas Aquinas

January 1, 1970

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All that I have written seems like straw compared to what has now been revealed to me. — Reply to Reginald of Piperno after being asked to resume writing "Summa Theologiae" (then left unfinished), after a mystical experience while saying mass on or about 6 December 1273, as quoted in "The Life of Saint Thomas Aquinas: Biographical Documents" (1959) by Kenelm Foster, O.P. — Variant translations: — All that I have written seems like straw to me. — As quoted in The Thought of Thomas Aquinas (1993),