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.

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. | All that I have written seems like straw to me. | As quoted in The Thought of Thomas Aquinas (1993), by Brian Davies, p. 9 | Everything I have written seems like straw by comparison with what I have seen and what has been revealed to me. | As quoted in Sacred Games : A History of Christian Worship (1997) by Bernhard Lang, p. 323 | All that I have written seems to me so much straw after the things that have been revealed to me. | As quoted in A Treasury of Quotations on the Spiritual Life from the Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church (2007) by John P. McClernon | All that I have written seems to me like straw compared to what has now been revealed to me. | As quoted in Higher Reality Therapy: Nine Pathways to Inner Peace (2010) by Anthony Falikowski, p. 38

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