--- title: "5 Lacking Quotes By Thomas Aquinas" description: "5 Lacking quotes by Thomas Aquinas. Plus more from Thomas Aquinas and more Lacking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/thomas-aquinas-837_another-man_it-is-a-sin-directly-against-one-s-neigh_944532.jpg" --- > [It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-is-a-sin-directly-against-one-s-neighbour-since-one-man-cannot/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/thomas-aquinas-837_another-man_it-is-a-sin-directly-against-one-s-neigh_944532.jpg) > [Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/obedience-unites-us-so-closely-to-god-that-it-in-a-way-transforms-us/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/thomas-aquinas-837_lacking_obedience-unites-us-so-closely-to-god-th_1181988.jpg) > [Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/eternity-is-called-whole-not-because-it-has-parts-but-because-it-is/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/thomas-aquinas-837_eternity_eternity-is-called-whole-not-because-it_1541090.jpg) > [It is due to neither impotence nor ignorance on God’s part that evils occur in the world, but it is owing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-is-due-to-neither-impotence-nor-ignorance-on-god-s-part-that-evils/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/thomas-aquinas-837_accounts_it-is-due-to-neither-impotence-nor-ignor_1541641.jpg) > [One day when Thomas Aquinas was preaching to the local populace on the love of God, he saw an old woman listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/one-day-when-thomas-aquinas-was-preaching-to-the-local-populace-on/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/thomas-aquinas-837_aquinas_one-day-when-thomas-aquinas-was-preachin_3011887.jpg) ## Other authors on Lacking ## More by Thomas Aquinas > [Grace does not destroy nature, it perfects it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/grace-does-not-destroy-nature-it-perfects-it/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [Justice is in subjects as well as in rulers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/justice-is-in-subjects-as-well-as-in-rulers/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [“A capacity as such is directed to an act. Wherefore we seek to know the nature of a capacity from the act to which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/a-capacity-as-such-is-directed-to-an-act-wherefore-we-seek-to-know/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [“Yet no-one can say that God has not a Word, for it would follow that God is most foolish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/yet-no-one-can-say-that-god-has-not-a-word-for-it-would-follow-that/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [Unbelief is the greatest of sins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/unbelief-is-the-greatest-of-sins/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/if-forgers-and-malefactors-are-put-to-death-by-the-secular-power/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/when-fear-is-excessive-it-can-make-many-a-man-despair/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/now-nothing-can-be-brought-from-potentiality-to-actual-existence/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/to-convert-somebody-go-and-take-them-by-the-hand-and-guide-them/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [ By the divine providence \[animals\] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/by-the-divine-providence-animals-are-intended-for-man-s-use-hence-it/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with the object,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/what-causes-love-since-it-is-a-passion-is-its-object-and-since-it-is/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/the-image-of-god-always-abides-in-the-soul-whether-this-image-be/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/charity-by-which-god-and-neighbor-are-loved-is-the-most-perfect/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [Beauty adds to goodness a relation to the cognitive faculty: so that "good" means that which simply pleases the appetite; while the "beautiful" is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/beauty-adds-to-goodness-a-relation-to-the-cognitive-faculty-so-that/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [“God is not, like creatures, made up of parts. God is spirit, without bodily dimensions. Firstly, no body can cause change without itself being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/god-is-not-like-creatures-made-up-of-parts-god-is-spirit-without/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lacking/thomas-aquinas/#itemlist", "name": "5 Lacking Quotes By Thomas Aquinas", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Aquinas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-is-a-sin-directly-against-one-s-neighbour-since-one-man-cannot/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/thomas-aquinas-837_another-man_it-is-a-sin-directly-against-one-s-neigh_944532.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/thomas-aquinas-837_another-man_it-is-a-sin-directly-against-one-s-neigh_944532.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/thomas-aquinas-837_another-man_it-is-a-sin-directly-against-one-s-neigh_944532.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without…” — Thomas Aquinas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His. 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