St. Thomas Aquinas Quotes
In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.
A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.
We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.
We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bliss be more delightful for them.
The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.
It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.
Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.
The minister to whom confession is made is the delegate of Christ, Who is the Judge of the living and the dead.
Likewise grace and glory are referred to the same genus, since grace is nothing other than a certain first beginning of glory in us.
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service.
But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals.
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.
Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life.
That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.
The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art.
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention.
Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain.
The fire of hell is called eternal, only because it never ends. Still, there is change in the pains of the lost... Hence in hell true eternity does not exist, but rather time.