Accounts Quote by Thomas Aquinas

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is…

— Plato

“On the other hand, there is no sin in thought, word, or deed, no matter how personal or secret, that does not inflict injury…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“I had hoped for grace," I said, "not immortality" I wonder why so many people view sickness as a moral test. It has nothing…

— Teju Cole

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

— Jesus Christ

A sick person is Allah's guest for as long as he is ill. Every day he is sick, God gives him countless rewards, as…

— Kristiane Backer

I believe you know Jesus said "a doctor doesn't come to the healthy, but the sick, and it's not the righteous but the sinners…

— Shane Claiborne

Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cure, if they should be cured. Sins of the soul alone are…

— Oscar Wilde

In sickness we ought to ask God to give us patience, because it often happens, that when a man gets well, he not only…

— Philip Neri

The care of every man's soul belongs to himself. But what if he neglect the care of it? Well what if he neglect the…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Illness especially, may be a blessed forerunner of the individual’s conversion. Not only does it prevent him from realizing his desires; it even reduces…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“It is inconceivable that any form of intelligence would waste so much time and effort to make such an inferior piece of life—with all…

— Joseph Lewis

The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses…

— Thomas Aquinas