The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. Thomas Aquinas More Quotes by Thomas Aquinas More Quotes From Thomas Aquinas It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin. Thomas Aquinas charitysinway The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art. Thomas Aquinas knowledge-of-godpowerfulart An angel can illumine the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach some truth which the angel himself contemplates. Thomas Aquinas angelcharactermen All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly. Thomas Aquinas thoughtfulphilosophicallove-is The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person against whom it is committed, the graver the sin-it is more criminal to strike a head of state than a private citizen-and God is of infinite greatness. Therefore an infinite punishment is deserved for a sin committed against Him. Thomas Aquinas punishmentcriminalsgreatness Beware the man of a single book. Thomas Aquinas limitationmenbook 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 fearlovephilosophy The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion. Thomas Aquinas inspirationblessedfaith Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding is in eternity above time. Just as a man going along a road does not see those who come after him; but the man who sees the whole road from a height sees all those who are going along the road at the same time. Thomas Aquinas understandingdoemen Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin Thomas Aquinas filthbloodjesus In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention. Thomas Aquinas powerfulwarpeace I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry. Thomas Aquinas sinconsciouslaughing We can open our hearts to God, but only with Divine help. Thomas Aquinas divine-helphearthelping To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer. Thomas Aquinas teachtasksorder Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love. Thomas Aquinas contraryhatedhatred Beware of the person of one book. Thomas Aquinas philosophicalreadingbook It must be understood that prime matter, and form as well, is neither generated nor corrupted, because every generation is from something to something. Now that from which generation proceeds is matter, and that to which it proceeds is form. So that, if matter or form were generated, there would be a matter for matter and a form for form, endlessly. Whence, there is generation only of the composite, properly speaking. Thomas Aquinas generationswould-bescience Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered. Thomas Aquinas demonstrationargumentdifficulty The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world. Thomas Aquinas astrologycausesworld Affirmative precepts are distinguished from negative whenever one is not comprised in the other; thus, that of honoring parents does not comprise that of not killing, and vice versa. Thomas Aquinas parentvicesnegative
