Thomas Aquinas Quotes about Difficulty

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Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

Thomas Aquinas

Powerful, Difficult, Difficulty

Thomas Aquinas (2016). “Questions on Love and Charity: Summa Theologiae, Secunda Secundae, Questions 23–46”, p.128, Yale University Press

Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.

Thomas Aquinas

Argument, Demonstration, Difficulty

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Way Publishing (2014). “The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition”, p.68, Catholic Way Publishing