Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
THOMAS AQUINASThe Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
-
-
God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
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.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
Beware the man of a single book.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
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 could live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
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 -
Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
Love follows knowledge.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
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 the things it is necessary to turn to god for help.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
THOMAS AQUINAS