A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
And therefore the Philosopher [Aristotle] says in Metaphysics VI that good and evil, which are objects of the will, are in things, but truth and error, which are objects of the intellect, are in the mind.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Beware of the person of one book.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good...
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Type:
Theologian
Date of Birth:
0000-00-00
Year of Death:
1274
Nationality:
Italian |
