--- title: "16 Should Quotes By Thomas Aquinas" description: "16 Should quotes by Thomas Aquinas. Plus more from Thomas Aquinas and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/thomas-aquinas-837_contemplation_it-is-necessary-for-the-perfection-of-hu_153625.jpg" --- > [It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-is-necessary-for-the-perfection-of-human-society-that-there-should/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/thomas-aquinas-837_contemplation_it-is-necessary-for-the-perfection-of-hu_153625.jpg) > [God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/god-should-not-be-called-an-individual-substance-since-the-principal/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/thomas-aquinas-837_god_god-should-not-be-called-an-individual-s_949368.jpg) > [We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/we-should-love-others-truly-for-their-own-sakes-rather-than-our-own/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/thomas-aquinas-837_love_we-should-love-others-truly-for-their-ow_2179935.jpg) > [God should not be called an individual substance, since the principle of individuation is matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/god-should-not-be-called-an-individual-substance-since-the-principle/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/thomas-aquinas-837_individual_god-should-not-be-called-an-individual-s_2922346.jpg) > [“If you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/if-you-are-looking-for-the-way-by-which-you-should-go-take-christ/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/thomas-aquinas-837_christ_if-you-are-looking-for-the-way-by-which_2201422.jpg) > [The Jews should not be allowed to keep what they have obtained from others by usury; it were best that they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/the-jews-should-not-be-allowed-to-keep-what-they-have-obtained-from/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/thomas-aquinas-837_becoming_the-jews-should-not-be-allowed-to-keep-w_982499.jpg) > [First, I say that he draws near to those who make peace with him. For God is the One who brings about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/first-i-say-that-he-draws-near-to-those-who-make-peace-with-him-for/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/thomas-aquinas-837_draws_first-i-say-that-he-draws-near-to-those_593335.jpg) > [To be united to God in unity of person was not fitting to human flesh, according to its natural endowments, since it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/to-be-united-to-god-in-unity-of-person-was-not-fitting-to-human-flesh/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/thomas-aquinas-837_dignity_to-be-united-to-god-in-unity-of-person-w_3184933.jpg) > [The meaning of what is said is according to the motive for saying it: because things are not subject to speech, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/the-meaning-of-what-is-said-is-according-to-the-motive-for-saying-it/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/thomas-aquinas-837_accounts_the-meaning-of-what-is-said-is-according_1683650.jpg) > [Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/baptism-is-not-to-be-conferred-on-a-man-who-is-unwilling-to-give-up/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/thomas-aquinas-837_baptism_baptism-is-not-to-be-conferred-on-a-man_2399913.jpg) > [Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/man-should-not-consider-his-material-possession-his-own-but-as-common/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/thomas-aquinas-837_common_man-should-not-consider-his-material-pos_1272789.jpg) > [A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/a-man-should-remind-himself-that-an-object-of-faith-is-not/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbc/thomas-aquinas-837_faith_a-man-should-remind-himself-that-an-obje_242297.jpg) > [It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-is-altogether-unlawful-to-kill-oneself-wherefore-suicide-is/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/thomas-aquinas-837_charity_it-is-altogether-unlawful-to-kill-onesel_3195356.jpg) > [Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/commemoration-of-gilbert-of-sempringham-founder-of-the-gilbertine/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/thomas-aquinas-837_all-things_commemoration-of-gilbert-of-sempringham_2485381.jpg) > [The world of pure spirits stretches between the divine nature and the world of human beings; because divine wisdom has ordained that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/the-world-of-pure-spirits-stretches-between-the-divine-nature-and-the/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/thomas-aquinas-837_angel_the-world-of-pure-spirits-stretches-betw_200616.jpg) > [In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be inviolably maintained.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/in-questions-of-this-sort-there-are-two-things-to-be-observed-first/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/thomas-aquinas-837_bible_in-questions-of-this-sort-there-are-two_757010.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## 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/should/thomas-aquinas/#itemlist", "name": "16 Should Quotes By Thomas Aquinas", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Aquinas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-is-necessary-for-the-perfection-of-human-society-that-there-should/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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