All Thomas Aquinas Quotes
- Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will. Attained
- Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason. Demand
- Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason. According
- Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. Attention
- 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… Art
- The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. Considers
- There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be… Anyone
- It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us. Demonstrate
- Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. Binds
- To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them. Catholic
- All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit. All
- God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter. Called
- It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who… Christian
- In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful… Authority
- Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and… Amendment
- 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
- The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is… All
- True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God. Adversity
- It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man should love himself...… Alone
- That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in… Abundant