Thomas Aquinas Quotes about Soul

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The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.

The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.

Thomas Aquinas

Soul, Virtue

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Aeterna Press (2015). “Of God and His Creatures”, p.188, Aeterna Press

There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.

Thomas Aquinas

Soul, Thirst

The soul is known by it's acts.

Thomas Aquinas

Soul, Known

The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or whether it be obscured or disfigured, as is the case with sinners; or whether it be clear and beautiful as is the case with the just.

Thomas Aquinas

Beautiful, Soul, Obsolete

"Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas, I, q. 93, art. 8, ad 3, 1265 - 1274.

The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.

Thomas Aquinas

God, Soul, World

Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life.

Thomas Aquinas

Soul, Counterfeit

The soul, which is the first principle of life, is not a body, but the act of a body; just as heat, which is the principle of calefaction, is not a body, but an act of a body.

Thomas Aquinas

Soul, Body, Firsts

Thomas Aquinas (1997). “Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas: Volume One”, p.683, Hackett Publishing

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

Thomas Aquinas

Men, Heaven, Soul

The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.

Thomas Aquinas

Seductive, Grace, Soul

Charity is not a potency of the soul, because if it were it would be natural. Nor is it a passion, because it is not in a sensitive potency in which are all passions. Nor is it a habit, because a habit is removed with difficulty; charity, however, is easily lost through one act of mortal sin. Therefore charity is not something created in the soul.

Thomas Aquinas

Passion, Soul, Would Be