Author: Thomas Aquinas

Quotes

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

- Thomas Aquinas

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.

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.

- Thomas Aquinas

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

- Thomas Aquinas

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

- Thomas Aquinas

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

- Thomas Aquinas

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

- 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.

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.

- Thomas Aquinas

The things that we love tell us what we are.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

- Thomas Aquinas

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

- Thomas Aquinas

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