404 Quotes by Thomas Aquinas

Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.

There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being.

To love God is something greater than to know Him.

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.

One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.

He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.

God is never angry for His sake, only for ours.

Anger and the like are attributed to God on account of a similitude of effect. Thus, because to punish is properly the act of an angry man, God's punishment is metaphorically spoken of as His anger.

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.