All Thomas Aquinas Quotes
- For it is necessary in every practical science to proceed in a composite (i.e. deductive) manner. On the contrary in speculative science, it is necessary… Analytical
- Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves… Accordingly
- When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair. Despair
- Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing Actual
- Don't ask who said it? Ask what they said. Ask
- An angel can illumine the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach some truth which… Angel
- Well-ordered self-love is right and natural. Famous Love
- The soul is known by it's acts. Acts
- To virginity is awarded the tribute of the highest beauty Awarded
- The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the… Affection
- [It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament] because of the perfection of the New Covenant. The… Appropriate
- The Bread of angels has become the Bread of mankind; This heavenly Bread puts an end to all images; O wonderful reality! The poor, the… All
- If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one patiently suffers much,… Able
- Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . . Approves
- I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry. Anyone
- Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin. From
- In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life… Account
- The minister to whom confession is made is the delegate of Christ, Who is the Judge of the living and the dead. Christ
- If someone knows from experience that daily Communion increases fervor without lessening reverence, then let him go every day. But if someone finds that reverence… Abstain
- Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life… Baptism
- But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals. Account
- Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance. Charity
- Here 'neath veils, my Saviour darkly I behold; To my thirsting spirit all thy light unfold; Face to face in heaven let me come to… All
- Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin All
- O how unspeakable is this Sacrament which sets our affections ablaze with charity. ... It is the fulfillment of Christ's Mystical Body. Ablaze