Thomas Aquinas Quotes

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The things that we love tell us what we are.

Thomas Aquinas

Love, Christian, Greatness

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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

Perseverance, Heart, Waiting

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He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

Thomas Aquinas

Justice, Looks, Unjust

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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

Thomas Aquinas

Kindness, Men, Errors

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For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

Thomas Aquinas

Evidence

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We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

Thomas Aquinas

Opinion, Share, Rejects

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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

Thomas Aquinas

Heart, Men, Able

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To love is to will the good of the other.

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Love, Love Is

"Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas, II-II, q. 26, art. 6, 1265 - 1274.

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To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

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Inspirational, Believe, Sleep

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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.

Thomas Aquinas

Believe, Thoughtful, Love Is

"The Soul of a Nation: Culture, Morality, Law, Education, Faith". Book by Bernard J. Coughlin, p. 27, 2012.

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Better to illuminate than merely to shine.

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Shining, Contemplation, Contemplating

"Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas (Part II-II, Question 188), 1485.

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Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.

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Powerful, Heart, Compassion

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Wonder is the desire of knowledge.

Thomas Aquinas

Desire, Wonder

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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

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Spiritual, Men, Addiction

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The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.

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Soul, Virtue

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Aeterna Press (2015). “Of God and His Creatures”, p.188, Aeterna Press

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It is only God who creates. Man merely rearranges.

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Men

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The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.

Thomas Aquinas

Love, Christian, Spiritual

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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

Jesus, Heart, Giving

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A man's heart is right when he wills what God wills.

Thomas Aquinas

Heart, Men, Gods Will

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There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.

Thomas Aquinas

Soul, Thirst

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

Thomas Aquinas

Inspirational, Softball, Powerful

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No man truly has joy unless he lives in love.

Thomas Aquinas

Men, Joy

Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1951). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.

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Gratitude, Thankfulness, Needs

Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “Theological texts”

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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Thomas Aquinas

Friendship, Relationship, True Friend

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If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

Thomas Aquinas

Unjust, Injustice, Wells

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Born: January 28, 1225
Died: March 7, 1274
Occupation: Priest
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