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Thomas Aquinas Quotes | Quotes said by Thomas Aquinas

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #1

    A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.


  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #2

    Angels need an assumed body, not for themselves, but on our account.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #3

    As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #4

    Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #5

    Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #6

    Beware the man of a single book.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #7

    By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #8

    Creator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of my understanding. Take from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance. Give me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally. Grant me the talent of being exact in my explanations and the ability to express myself with thoroughness and charm. Point out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in the completion.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #9

    Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #10

    Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #11

    Friendship makes you feel as one with your friend.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #12

    Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon us also, O Lord our God, understanding to know you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace you; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #13

    God is never angry for His sake, only for ours.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #14

    God loves his creatures, and he loves each one the more, the more it shares his own goodness, which is the first and primary object of his love. Therefore he wants the desires of his rational creatures to be fulfilled because they share most perfectly of all creatures the goodness of god.

    And his will is an accomplisher of things because he is the cause of things by his will. So it belongs to the divine goodness to fulfill the desires of rational creatures which are put to him in prayer.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #15

    God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #16

    Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #17

    Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #18

    Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #19

    Honor is due to God and to persons of great excellence as a sign of attestation of excellence already existing; not that honor makes them excellent.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #20

    How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #21

    How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #22

    I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught…

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #23

    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 of heresy.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #24

    If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #25

    If you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #26

    If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #27

    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 intention.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #28

    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.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #29

    It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

  • Thomas Aquinas Quote #30

    It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.

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