Quotes by
Saint Thomas Aquinas |
Tommaso d'Aquino, 1225-1274 , Italian Dominican friar & philosopher
Dominican theologian, the foremost medieval Scholastic. He developed his own conclusions from Aristotelian premises, notably in the metaphysics of personality, creation, and Providence. As a theologian he was responsible in his two masterpieces, the Summa theologiae and the Summa contra gentiles, for the classical systematization of Latin theology; and as a poet he wrote some of the most gravely beautiful eucharistic hymns in the church’s liturgy. | 18 quotes | 5,567 visits |
Quotations
| • | For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice. 9 |
| • | Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. 8 |
| • | Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty. 7 |
| • | Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good. 7 |
| • | Prostitution in the towns is like the cesspool in the palace; take away the cesspool and the palace will become a dirty and stinking place. 7 |
| • | Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. 5 |
| • | 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. 5 |
| • | God is never angry for His sake, only for ours. 4 |
| • | Man cannot live without joy. That is why one deprived of spiritual joys goes over to carnal pleasures. 4 |
| • | Sin is a spiritual illness; thus sinners are in need of salvation. 4 |
| • | I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain. 3 |
| • | It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation. 3 |
| • | Man should not consider his material possessions as his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. 3 |
| • | In Hebrew, His name is Jesus, in Greek, Soter, in Latin, Salvator; but men say Christus in Greek, Messias in Hebrew, Unctus in Latin, that is, King and Priest. 2 |
| • | Angels transcend every religion, every philosophy, every creed. In fact Angels have no religion as we know it... Their existence precedes every religious system that has ever existed on Earth. 2 |
Latin Quotes
| • | Bad law, no law. Lex malla, lex nulla 30 |
| • | It is better to illuminate than merely to shine. Maius est illuminare quam lucere solum. 23 |
| • | I fear the man of a single book. Hominem unius libri timeo. 14 |
