Thomas Aquinas Quotes - Page 4

Miracles are signs not to them that believe, but to them that believe not.

Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.

In the end, we know God as unknown.

The existence of a prime mover- nothing can move itself; there must be a first mover. The first mover is called God.

Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.

O saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to man below, Our foes press on from every side, Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.

Don't ask who said it? Ask what they said.

There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.

The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.

Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee.

The soul is known by it's acts.

To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

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

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

We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

Beware of the person of one book.

The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the capacity of reason.

Faith is God's work within us.

Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.

Mary means Star of the sea, for as mariners are guided to port by the ocean star, so Christians attain to glory through Mary's maternal intercession.

One faith, St. Paul writes (Eph. 4:5). Hold most firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church ... We must hold this for certain, namely: that the faith of the people at the present day is one with the faith of the people in past centuries. Were this not true, then we would be in a different church than they were in and, literally, the Church would not be One.

A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends.

Without doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor to one's life, one's goods or one's physical integrity; sometimes, even 'til the aggressor's death... In fact, this act is aimed at preserving one's life or one's goods and to make the aggressor powerless. Thus, it is a good act, which is the right of the victim.