Thomas Aquinas quotes

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. (Thomas Aquinas)
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
Thomas Aquinas
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Thomas Aquinas
Beware of the person of one book.
Thomas Aquinas
The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
Thomas Aquinas
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
Thomas Aquinas
We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
Thomas Aquinas
The things that we love tell us what we are.
Thomas Aquinas
Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
Thomas Aquinas
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
Thomas Aquinas
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. (Thomas Aquinas)
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
Thomas Aquinas
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
Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
Thomas Aquinas
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
Thomas Aquinas
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
Thomas Aquinas
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
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
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
Thomas Aquinas
The fire of hell is called eternal, only because it never ends. Still, there is change in the pains of the lost...Hence in hell true eternity does not exist, but rather time.
Thomas Aquinas
Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it. (Thomas Aquinas)
That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.
Thomas Aquinas
A hymn is the praise of God with song; a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.
Thomas Aquinas
To love is to will the good of the other.
Thomas Aquinas
Love follows knowledge.
Thomas Aquinas