“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
“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
FaithAll Quotes by Thomas Aquinas
“To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.”
Patience“Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.”
Knowledge“If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.”
Religion“By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.”
Nature“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.”
Faith“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“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“How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.”
God“Wonder is the desire for knowledge.”
Knowledge“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“Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.”
Nature“Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.”
Work“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“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
Friendship“Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.”
Faith“Happiness is secured through virtue it is a good attained by man's own will.”
Happiness