Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Thomas Aquinas Quotes: The things we love tell us who we are.
         

The things we love tell us who we are.


Thomas Aquinas
Check all other quotes by Thomas Aquinas

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Thomas Aquinas Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Sep. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-things-we-love-tell-us-who-1103753>.





Check out


Other quotes of Thomas Aquinas


The things that we love tell us what we are.

The things that we love tell us what we are.



To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.



The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.



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.

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.



Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.



For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.



If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.



To love is to will the good of the other.

To love is to will the good of the other.



Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.



How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.





Other quotes you may like


This sounds crazy, but I know so many famous people, I'm just not intimidated by anyone. I feel really comfortable with it.

This sounds crazy, but I know so many famous people, I'm just not intimidated by anyone. I feel really comfortable with it.



Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.

Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.



Certain shades of limelight wreck a girl's complexion.

Certain shades of limelight wreck a girl's complexion.



I love yoga in general. It's so important for me to incorporate it into my routine, it's important for my sanity!

I love yoga in general. It's so important for me to incorporate it into my routine, it's important for my sanity!



I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that.

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that.



I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.

I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.



Only the dead know the truth.

Only the dead know the truth.



In baseball you have terrific data and you can be a lot more creative with it.

In baseball you have terrific data and you can be a lot more creative with it.



Be ahead of all farewells as if they were behind you, like the winter that is just departing.

Be ahead of all farewells as if they were behind you, like the winter that is just departing.



Dread is a sympathetic antipathy and an antipathetic sympathy.

Dread is a sympathetic antipathy and an antipathetic sympathy.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The things we love tell us who we are.". Author of this quote is Thomas Aquinas. This quote is about love, affection, who we are,.