Love follows knowledge.
THOMAS AQUINASTo pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
-
-
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 -
How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?
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 -
Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
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 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 -
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 -
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 -
Beware the man of a single book.
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 -
The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
THOMAS AQUINAS -
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen
THOMAS AQUINAS -
Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
THOMAS AQUINAS