Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the pers...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity o...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morall...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only h...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practi...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church te...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable purs...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS To convert somebody, go and take them by the hand and guide them.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money tha...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; and God has provid...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular a...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Since the Jews are the slaves of the Church, she can dispose of their possessions
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the ma...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Se...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Lord, in my zeal for the love of truth, let me not forget the truth about love.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Drink to the point of hilarity.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them w...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary th...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Puisque l'amour est cause de la joie, où l'amour est plus grand, la joie est plus manifeste.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS The things that we love tell us what we are.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poe...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted w...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS And therefore the Philosopher [Aristotle] says in Metaphysics VI that good and evil, which are objec...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Beware the man of one book.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for exco...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whe...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Reason in man is rather like God in the world
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing wh...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passions
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practi...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Give, expecting nothing thereof St
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Beware of the person of one book.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good....
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what ...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS An angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision.
ST THOMAS AQUINAS Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above a...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances c...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them w...
THOMAS AQUINAS God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
THOMAS AQUINAS How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
THOMAS AQUINAS If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the...
THOMAS AQUINAS It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall l...
THOMAS AQUINAS The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of...
THOMAS AQUINAS Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the pers...
THOMAS AQUINAS Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.
THOMAS AQUINAS There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
THOMAS AQUINAS The things that we love tell us what we are.
THOMAS AQUINAS Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to c...
THOMAS AQUINAS Beware of the man of one book.
THOMAS AQUINAS Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century In questions of this sort there ...
THOMAS AQUINAS Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 The end of all my labors has come. A...
THOMAS AQUINAS Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 Some there are who presume so...
THOMAS AQUINAS Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 It is clear that he does not pray, wh...
THOMAS AQUINAS In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptur...
THOMAS AQUINAS Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are wh...
THOMAS AQUINAS Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practi...
THOMAS AQUINAS Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what ...
THOMAS AQUINAS The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to ...
THOMAS AQUINAS A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
THOMAS AQUINAS Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
THOMAS AQUINAS Beware of the person of one book.
THOMAS AQUINAS Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poe...
THOMAS AQUINAS To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
THOMAS AQUINAS Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
THOMAS AQUINAS Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
THOMAS AQUINAS By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
THOMAS AQUINAS Repeticio est mater studiorum.
THOMAS AQUINAS The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing wh...
THOMAS AQUINAS Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
THOMAS AQUINAS Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
THOMAS AQUINAS It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deed...
THOMAS AQUINAS Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable purs...
THOMAS AQUINAS Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a pur...
THOMAS AQUINAS Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary th...
THOMAS AQUINAS Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church te...
THOMAS AQUINAS We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be ...
THOMAS AQUINAS It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds...
THOMAS AQUINAS Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morall...
THOMAS AQUINAS Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
THOMAS AQUINAS To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wron...
THOMAS AQUINAS All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.
THOMAS AQUINAS If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
THOMAS AQUINAS To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
THOMAS AQUINAS Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
THOMAS AQUINAS Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
THOMAS AQUINAS There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not poss...
THOMAS AQUINAS Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
THOMAS AQUINAS It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful dee...
THOMAS AQUINAS It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some...
THOMAS AQUINAS As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the ma...
THOMAS AQUINAS Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
THOMAS AQUINAS Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the u...
THOMAS AQUINAS The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted w...
THOMAS AQUINAS Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.
THOMAS AQUINAS How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute wit...
THOMAS AQUINAS All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.
THOMAS AQUINAS Beware the man of a single book.
THOMAS AQUINAS Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, ...
THOMAS AQUINAS If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for exco...
THOMAS AQUINAS The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things ...
THOMAS AQUINAS The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bli...
THOMAS AQUINAS The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out...
THOMAS AQUINAS Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which...
THOMAS AQUINAS The soul is like an uninhabited world
that comes to life only when
God lays His head
...
THOMAS AQUINAS Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
THOMAS AQUINAS In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Se...
THOMAS AQUINAS Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a...
THOMAS AQUINAS Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to co...
THOMAS AQUINAS The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
THOMAS AQUINAS Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances c...
THOMAS AQUINAS Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
THOMAS AQUINAS Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure o...
THOMAS AQUINAS That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to...
THOMAS AQUINAS Grant, O Lord my God, that I may never fall away in success or in failure; that I may not be pridefu...
THOMAS AQUINAS So if the ultimate felicity of man does not consist in external things which are called the goods of...
THOMAS AQUINAS Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasi...
THOMAS AQUINAS In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.......
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS Concerning perfect blessed ness which consists in a vision of God. [Lat., Circa beatitudinem perf...
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what ...
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS ...the goodness of the will depends on the intention of the end.
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS Beware the man of one book.
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS The message was clear for baby boomers everywhere: Kurt Cobain was not merely some rock 'n' roll ico...
KURT ST. THOMAS The scars of others should teach us caution.
ST. JEROME They talk like angels but they live like men.
ST. JEROME Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
ST. JEROME True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
ST. JEROME Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in t...
ST. JEROME Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
ST. JEROME Virginity can be lost by a thought.
ST. JEROME Haste is of the Devil.
ST. JEROME Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse mee...
ST. VINCENT The Lilith Fair thing was Bummer Town - hey, hop aboard the marginalizing train. I guess you had peo...
ST. VINCENT The golden age is before us, not behind us.
ST. SIMON Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
ST. JEROME Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
ST AUGUSTINE Prayer is a groan.
ST. JEROME Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love becau...
ST. BERNARD Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or ...
ST. BERNARD A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy re...
ST. BASIL Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
ST. EVERMOND He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
ST. BASIL Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
ST. BERNARD It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is...
ST. BERNARD When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
ST. JEROME A good deed is never lost. He who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; he who plants kindness, gathers l...
ST. BASIL I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
ST. BERNARD Let sleep itself be an exercise in piety, for such as our life and conduct have been, so also of nec...
ST. BASIL The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
ST. BERNARD Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
ST. JEROME Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet
ST. AUGUSTINE The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
ST. JEROME Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
ST. AUGUSTINE Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof t...
ST. AUGUSTINE Punishment is justice for the unjust.
ST. AUGUSTINE The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
ST. AUGUSTINE Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for ...
ST. BASIL God will not suffer man to have the knowledge of things to come; for if he had prescience of his p...
ST. AUGUSTINE Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
ST. AUGUSTINE Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.
ST. JEROME Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive ...
ST. JEROME Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
ST. JEROME In regards to being a fashion aficionado, there's a certain amount of taking yourself seriously ...
ST. VINCENT A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
ST. JEROME Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
ST. JEROME I am like the sick sheep that strays from the rest of the flock. Unless the Good Shepherd takes me o...
ST. JEROME I grew up around a lot of various religions, so it's a part of my consciousness in a way. Everyt...
ST. VINCENT I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet f...
ST. JEROME A song has a life of its own. It's an autonomous thing, separate from your own experience, almos...
ST. VINCENT My native land is a slave of heathenism, men's god is their belly, and they live only for the pr...
ST. JEROME Fashion, for me, is anything that's aesthetic and beautiful. Art, food, film. It's something...
ST. VINCENT I love so many songs from the '80s, but I'm obliged to the big ones.
ST. LUCIA Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bis...
ST. AUGUSTINE If by fate anyone means the will or power of God, let him keep his meaning but mend his language: fo...
ST. AUGUSTINE Thou hast commanded, and so it is, that every inordinate affection should be its own punishment.
ST. AUGUSTINE The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
ST. AUGUSTINE Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433 One can say: "I will, but my body does not ob...
ST. AUGUSTINE