“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”
Friendship
“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.”
KnowledgeAll Quotes by Thomas Aquinas
“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.”
War“Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.”
Faith“As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.”
Nature“Happiness is secured through virtue it is a good attained by man's own will.”
Happiness“By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.”
Nature“How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.”
God“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.”
Knowledge“If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.”
Religion“Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.”
Work“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.”
Death“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.”
Good“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.”
God“The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.”
Work“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.”
Art“Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.”
Friendship“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
Friendship“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 about someone they know.”
Men“To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.”
Work“Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.”
Faith