Quotes by St. Thomas Aquinas

“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.”

“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.”

“Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good....”

“Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him”

“Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need”

“Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious”

“Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.”

“To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by mans own will.”

“Its like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you dont know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. Its like the throw of the dice.”

“Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.”

“By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.”

“Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures”

“Lord, in my zeal for the love of truth, let me not forget the truth about love.”

The End of every maker is himself.

“The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.”