27 Quotations by Saint Thomas Aquinas
- 1. A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presumi ...
- 2. All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.
- 3. As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the ma ...
- 4. Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poe ...
- 5. Beware the man of one book.
- 6. Concerning perfect blessed ness which consists in a vision of God.
- 7. Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
- 8. He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
- 9. How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute wit ...
- 10. If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
- 11. In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Se ...
- 12. In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so ...
- 13. It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some wor ...
- 14. Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the ...
- 15. Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances c ...
- 16. Nor has the Church failed before the assaults of demons: for she is like a tower of refuge to all wh ...
- 17. Now among all passions inflicted from without, death holds the first place, just as sexual concupisc ...
- 18. Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
- 19. Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
- 20. Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
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