A mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
THOMAS AQUINASRarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
-
-
Beware the man of a single book.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
When the devil is called god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldiness.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
Our aspect of neighborly love is that we must not merely will our neighbors good, but actually work to bring it about.
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 love is to will the good of the other.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
The things that we love tell us what we are.
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 -
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 -
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