All Thomas Aquinas Quotes
- Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contributes to the good of the whole body, so it is in a spiritual… All
- The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the… Accordance
- What does it take to become a saint? Will it. Catholic
- In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh. Catholic
- The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in His divinity, assumed our nature, so that He, made man, might make men gods. Assumed
- Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace. Act
- The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as… Another Church
- Whenever God wakes in us, our thinking becomes clear - nothing is missing. Becomes
- 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 killing… Animal
- It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense. Add
- There being an imminent danger for the faith, prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects. Catholic
- Faith is God's work within us. Faith
- Grace renders us like God and a partaker of the divine nature. Divine
- Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit. Every Truth
- ...[sacred] doctrine is especially based upon arguments from authority, inasmuch as its principles are obtained by revelation: thus we ought to believe on the authority… Argument
- Sacred Scripture, since it has no science above itself, can dispute with one who denies its principles only if the opponent admits some at least… Admits
- It may well happen that what is in itself the more certain on account of the weakness of our intelligence, which is dazzled by the… Account
- In the end, we know God as unknown. End
- Because the divine goodness could not be adequately represented by one creature alone, God produced many and diverse creatures, that what was wanting in one… Adequately
- For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative life, he needs… Active
- There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God. All
- There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being. All
- Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His.… Closely
- Beware the man of a single book. Beware
- Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain. Choice