The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul. Thomas Aquinas More Quotes by Thomas Aquinas More Quotes From Thomas Aquinas The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge. Thomas Aquinas salvation christianity lord All my words are but chaff next to the faith of a simple man. Thomas Aquinas simple-man simple men 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. Thomas Aquinas angel religious philosophy Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality. Thomas Aquinas powerful mind reality He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master. Thomas Aquinas violence lord doe Sin is a spiritual illness; thus sinners are in need of salvation. Thomas Aquinas sin spiritual needs Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious. Thomas Aquinas difficulty difficult powerful Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail. Thomas Aquinas sacred grace fall The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. Thomas Aquinas saint powerful suffering The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God. Thomas Aquinas perfection mind men Evil denotes the lack of good. Not every absence of good is an evil, for absence may be taken either in a purely negative or in aprivative sense. Mere negation does not display the character of evil, otherwise nonexistents would be evil and moreover, a thing would be evil for not possessing the goodness of something else, which would mean that man is bad for not having the strength of a lion or the speed of a wild goat. But what is evil is privation; in this sense blindness means the privation of sight. Thomas Aquinas taken character mean For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative life, he needs the fellowship of friends. Thomas Aquinas contemplative-life men order The human race was in need of salvation because of the perversity of sin. For when people who are ill are cured from their illness, they are called "saved." Therefore, the Lord says: "Your faith has saved you. Thomas Aquinas race people needs Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself. Thomas Aquinas binding force love-is If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame. Thomas Aquinas wine doe men If... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since ... nothing violent is eternal .... It follows, therefore, that the earth is not moved with a circular motion. Thomas Aquinas violent earth would-be We set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help. Thomas Aquinas desire order needs Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches. Thomas Aquinas scary powerful believe Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. Thomas Aquinas relax wise men Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. Thomas Aquinas ethos catholic powerful
