84 result(s) for Thomas Aquinas Quotes.
"Beware of the person of one book."
"There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning."
"Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community."
"There is nothing which so much seduces reason from vigilance as do big salaries."
"The highest point of justice is mercy."
"The things we love tell us what we are."
"Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder."
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"Love can be together with hatred. This happens when we love someone for one reason and hate them for another."
"Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passions."
"The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false."
"There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of speech."
"How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God."
"How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds against someone they know."
"Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures."
"Nothing which implies contradiction falls under the omnipotence of God."
"There is no truth which the first step will not contradict."
"The only-begotten Son of God desired to make us sharers in his divinity."
"To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them."
"How can you practice what you can't remember?"
"Obedience unites us so closely with God that in a way we participate in the divine nature."
"The slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge of lesser things."
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"The principles of natural justice are to be found in the laws of the eternal now."
"The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love for knowledge itself."
"If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ because He Himself is the way."
"To convert somebody, go and take them by the hand and guide them."
"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil."
"Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate."
"It is necessary that every action must be due to one of six causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, or desire."
"I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it."
"Beware the man of one book."
"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."
"All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly."
"There is no greater act of charity than to lead a neighbour to truth."
"Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious."
"To love is to will the good of the other."
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"To live well is to work well, to show a good activity."
"There is nothing which so certifies the genuineness of a man's faith as his patience and his patient endurance."
"Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not at hand."
"The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces."
"Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice."
"Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient."
"The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them."
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."
"Love takes up where knowledge leaves off."
"Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine."
"The things that we love tell us what we are."
"Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do."
"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious."
"Wonder is the desire for knowledge."
"Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good."
"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."
"If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy."
"It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes."
"Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts."
"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."
"The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth."
"To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin."
"Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him."
"Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need."
"The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men."
"To love is to will the good of another."
"Happiness is secured through virtue; it is not an end in itself, but a byproduct of living a virtuous life."
"The object of the will is the good."
"All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said, has its origin in the Spirit."
"An evil deed is not a deed of any good unless it is done for the good."
"In human affairs, there is nothing so essential as a knowledge of God."
"Grace is the beginning of glory in the soul."
"Pleasure is not the purpose of the life, but rather the purpose of life is to love."
"Reason in man is rather like God in the world."
"Without a doubt, there is an intrinsic value to the pursuit of truth."
"The law is a dictate of reason."
"The measure of love is to love without measure."
"It is better to illuminate than merely to shine."
"Justice is a virtue which consists in the constant and perpetual will to render to each one his due."
"The truth of the thing is its reality, and the more we will to know what it is, the more we will to know the truth."
"There is a light of truth which is in the mind, and especially in those who are in possession of faith."
"Every creature in the universe is a reflection of God's wisdom."
"Nothing is as certain as the truth."
"A man who is not a philosopher is in darkness."
"A good disposition is essential to acquiring virtue."
"One cannot lead a virtuous life without wisdom."
"Philosophy is the handmaid of theology."
"The ultimate end of human life is to be united with God."
"God does not give anyone a gift that they cannot use."
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