Psychology Quotes by Thomas Aquinas

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

— Thomas Aquinas

There is nothing in your mind which wasn't experienced before hand.

— Thomas Aquinas

The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.

— Thomas Aquinas

The human mind may perceive truth only through thinking, as is clear from Augustine.

— Thomas Aquinas

A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.

— Thomas Aquinas

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

— Thomas Aquinas

All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.

— Thomas Aquinas

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

— Thomas Aquinas

Sloth is sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good...it is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as…

— Thomas Aquinas

Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man…

— Thomas Aquinas

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing…

— Thomas Aquinas

“How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring…

— Thomas Aquinas

An angel can illumine the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach…

— Thomas Aquinas

“Even though the natural light of the human mind is inadequate to make known what is revealed by faith, nevertheless what is…

— Thomas Aquinas

“[I]t is to be borne in mind, in regard to the philosophical sciences, that the inferior sciences neither prove their principles nor…

— Thomas Aquinas

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

— Thomas Aquinas