Thomas Aquinas Quotes: 14

• The things that we love tell us what we are.

• Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

• To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

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

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

• The soul is like an uninhabited worldthat comes to life only whenGod lays His headagainst us.

• Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

• Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

• The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.

• Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.

• 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.

• There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

• I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught…

• Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.