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One Quotes by Thomas Aquinas
- To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
- Beware of the person of one book.
- 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…
- 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…
- Wonder [admiratio astonishment, marvel] is a kind of desire for knowledge. The situation arises when one sees an effect and does not know its cause,…
- If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the soul would be sufficient for him; by them he would be conformed to…
- Without doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor to one's life, one's goods or one's physical integrity; sometimes, even 'til the aggressor's…
- Do not wish to jump immediately from the streams to the sea, because one has to go through easier things to the more difficult.
- In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be inviolably maintained. Secondly, since Scripture…
- One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about.
- One day when Thomas Aquinas was preaching to the local populace on the love of God, he saw an old woman listening attentively to his…
- One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.
- If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that…
- 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,…
- Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . .
- Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin
- Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to…
- Right faith is of necessity required for Baptism, since it is said: "the justice of God is by faith in Jesus Christ" (Romans 3:22) ...…
- If anyone without the right faith receives Baptism outside the Church, he does not receive it unto salvation ... From the comparison of the Church…
- One faith, St. Paul writes (Eph. 4:5). Hold most firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve…
More One Quotes
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate… — Paul Auster
- Trust is the one most important base on which the beautiful building of strong friendship can be built. — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Grief makes one hour ten. — William Shakespeare
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle