Famous Thomas Aquinas Quotations

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"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."
by Thomas Aquinas
"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."
by Saint Thomas Aquinas
"Beware the man of one book."
by Saint Thomas Aquinas
"He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught."
by Saint Thomas Aquinas
"Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in circumstances confronting him."
by Saint Thomas Aquinas
"Love takes up where knowledge leaves off"
by Thomas Aquinas
"Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them."
by Saint Thomas Aquinas
"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."
by Saint Thomas Aquinas
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible"
by Thomas Aquinas
"We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us and God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides."
by Saint Thomas Aquinas
"Repeticio est mater studiorum."
by Thomas Aquinas
"Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand."
by Thomas Aquinas
"Well-ordered self-love is right and natural."
by Thomas Aquinas
"To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them."
by 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."
by Thomas Aquinas
"Beware of the person of one book."
by Thomas Aquinas
"Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason."
by Thomas Aquinas
"A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational."
by Thomas Aquinas
"The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness."
by Thomas Aquinas
"Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will."
by Thomas Aquinas
"Good and evil are essential differences of the act of the will. For good and evil pertain essentially to the will; just as truth and falsehood..."
by Thomas Aquinas
"Pain itself can be pleasurable accidentally in so far as it is accompanied by wonder, as in stage-plays; or in so far as it recalls a beloved ..."
by Thomas Aquinas


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