por A compilation of quotes from Saint Thomas Aquinas, one of the most important saints of the Catholic Church.
Saint Thomas of Aquino (1225-1274) was an Italian friar, theologian and philosopher, belonging to the order of Preachers. His work has been fundamental to the Catholic Church, which named him a Doctor of the Church in 1567, and he has been one of the most quoted philosophers of the 13th century on metaphysical subjects. His most important texts are the Summa Theologiae and summa contra gentiles.
He is famous for harmonizing Aristotelian and Christian thought and is due to the reinterpretation of metaphysics. He was canonized in 1323, and has been considered one of the most influential philosophers in Western thought.
Below is a list of Saint Thomas Aquinas quotes They talk about life, God, angels, faith, friendship, happiness, reason, fear, goodness, justice, and many other topics related to religion.
The best phrases of Saint Thomas Aquinas on life, religion and other topics
-For those who have faith, an explanation is not necessary. For those without faith, there is no possible explanation.
-Sadness can be relieved by a good nap, a bath, and a glass of wine.
-If a captain’s most important goal was to preserve his ship, he could keep it in port forever.
-He who acts against his conscience will always sin.
-Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.
-By nature, all men are equal in liberties, but not in other qualities.
-Times are never bad enough that a good man cannot live in them.
-The things we love tell us who we are.
-The proof of the artist does not rest on the avidity with which he goes to work, but on the excellence of the work he produces.
-The preaching is based mainly on the virtuous, then on the pleasant, and finally on the useful.
-If by then you are looking for the path you should take, opt for Jesus Christ, since He Himself is the path.
-In deliberation we can doubt; but a deliberate act must be done quickly.
-Distractions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
-The main act of bravery is to endure and endure dangers tenaciously, rather than attacking them.
-Beware of the man of a single book.
-It must be said that charity cannot, in any way, exist together with any mortal sin.
-The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishment of those condemned, so that their happiness is more enjoyable.
-It is a requirement for the relaxation of the mind to make use, from time to time, of jokes and playful acts.
-Some acts are virtuous for some, and therefore appropriate and suitable for them, while the same acts are immoral, and therefore inappropriate, for others.
-Man should not consider his material possessions as his own, but as collective.
-For a war to be just, only three things are needed. First, the authority of the sovereign. Second, a just cause. And third, a legitimate intention.
-Wonder is the appetite for knowledge.
Anything contrary to an act of virtue is a sin. Furthermore, war is contrary to peace. Therefore, war is always a sin.
-We cannot obtain knowledge at once. We need to start by believing, then we need to learn to become an expert on the evidence ourselves.
-Three things are necessary to achieve the salvation of a man: knowing what he must believe, knowing what he must desire, and knowing what he must do.
-It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there are men who dedicate their lives to contemplation.
-Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind that sets limits to the passions.
-The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.
-We must eliminate sin if we want to eliminate the scourge of tyrants.
-Good can exist without evil. While evil cannot exist without good.
-It is not our body that feels, nor our mind that thinks, but we, as individual human beings, who feel and think.
-Pretending that angels do not exist because they are invisible is like believing that we never sleep because we do not see ourselves sleeping.
-One cannot use a bad action to allude to a good intention.
-The soul is perfected through knowledge and virtue.
-To love is to want the good of the other.
-Fear is such a powerful feeling in humans, that when we let it take over us, it causes compassion to sprout from our hearts.
-Miracles are not signs for those who believe, but for those who do not believe.
About God and religion
-Since we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot think about what He is like, but only about how He is not.
-It is only God who creates. The man just rearranges.
-The proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God.
-How can we live in harmony? First we need to know if we are all hopelessly in love with the same God.
-When they call the devil the god of this world, it is not because he did it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.
-God never gets angry with us for his sake, only for ours.
-Loving God is something bigger than just knowing him.
-Nothing that implies a contradiction is considered inherent to the omnipotence of God.
-There must be a main engine above all, and we call this God.
-A man’s heart is right when he wants what God wants.
-An angel can enlighten the mind and thought of man by strengthening the power of his vision.
-Nothing that has been created has been able to fill the heart of a man. God is only capable of filling it infinitely.
-Achieving peace with himself or among others shows that a man is a follower of God.
-Obviously, the person who accepts the church as an infallible guide must believe everything the church professes.
-The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes alive once God rests his head against us.
It is possible to prove the existence of God, although not a prioribut a posteriori, through their acts, which are more feasible for us.
-Angels transcend all religion, all philosophy and all creed.
-Just as sailors are guided to the port by the starfish, Christians achieve glory through the maternal intercession of Mary.
-There is only one church in which man will find salvation, just like outside of Noah’s ark, there was no possibility of someone being saved.
-If you want to be saved look at the face of your Christ.
on faith
-Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not at hand.
-The light of faith makes us see what we believe.
-The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the capacity of reason.
-Faith presupposes natural knowledge, just as grace presupposes nature, and perfection presupposes something that can be perfected.
about friendship
-There is nothing on this earth that should be appreciated more than a true friendship.
-Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends, even the most exciting pursuits become tedious.
-In order for man to perform well, whether in the work of an active life, or in those of a reflective life, he needs the company of his friends.
-Friendship is the deepest part of love.
On education and reason
-Most men seem to live according to their senses, rather than according to their reason.
-The science of mathematics treats objects as if they were something mentally abstract, when objectively it is not abstracted.
-A law is nothing more than a certain ordinance of reason to achieve the common good, promulgated by the person who cares for the community.
-Man has freedom of decision, to the extent that it is rational.
-The theologian considers sin mainly as an offense against God, while the moral philosopher as something opposed to rationality.
About love
-The person who truly understands love can love anyone.
-Love follows knowledge.
-Love is a binding force, in which another is attached to me, and is treasured by me.
-The well-ordered self-love is correct and natural.
-We must love them both, those whose opinions we share, and those whose opinions we object to.
-I prefer to feel compassion before knowing its meaning. I’d rather act compassionately than think about personal advantage.
about the truth
-The study of truth requires considerable effort.
-The kindest gesture that someone can extend to another person is to guide them from error to truth.
-The study of philosophy is not that we know what men have thought, but what is the truth of things.
-It is better to illuminate than simply shine, to offer others well-studied truths, rather than simply reflect.
-The truth can only be perceived through thought, as Agustín proved.
-Nothing can be known, except what is true.
about justice
-Justice is a certain rectitude of mind, in which a man does what duty tells him to do, given the circumstances that arise.
– Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.
-While injustice turns out to be the worst of sins, hopelessness is the most dangerous, because when we are hopeless, we don’t care about others or ourselves.
-If you can live in the midst of injustice without feeling angry, then you are both immoral and unfair.
– Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolutions. Justice without mercy is an act of cruelty.
-If counterfeiters and criminals are sentenced to death by secular power, there is much more grounds for excommunicating, and even executing, someone accused of heresy.
about happiness
-A happy man needs friends in his life.
-Happiness is ensured through virtue. It is a good obtained through the will of man.
-There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.
-Man cannot live without joy. Therefore, when he is deprived of true spiritual joys, he becomes addicted to carnal pleasures.
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