404 Quotes by Thomas Aquinas

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.

When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.

A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith, he should produce inconclusive reasons and offer occasion for unbelievers to scoff at a faith based on such ground.

In a false person, sacraments do not produce any effect.

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

Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service.

The human mind may perceive truth only through thinking, as is clear from Augustine.

In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.

It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.