Thomas Aquinas Quotes

229 quotes in 2447 categories

• There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
• To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
• Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
• Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
• Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
• The things that we love tell us what we are.
• Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
• Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
• Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that…
• 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…
• How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
• Beware of the person of one book.
• How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in…
• If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
• If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
• 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…
• Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.
• Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
• It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
• To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.

Browse Thomas Aquinas Quotes by Category