“If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.”
Religion
“Happiness is secured through virtue it is a good attained by man's own will.”
HappinessAll Quotes by 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 about someone they know.”
Men“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
Faith“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“Wonder is the desire for knowledge.”
Knowledge“Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.”
Faith“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“Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.”
Faith“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“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“Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.”
Work“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“It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.”
Work“Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.”
Nature“To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.”
Work“Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.”
Friendship“Happiness is secured through virtue it is a good attained by man's own will.”
Happiness“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“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”
Friendship