Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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101. “Unbelief is the greatest of sins.”

— Thomas Aquinas

102. “Charity is love; not all love is charity.”

— Thomas Aquinas

103. “It is not possible to be ignorant of the end of things if we know their beginning.”

— Thomas Aquinas

104. “The meaning of what is said is according to the motive for saying it: because things are not subject to speech, but speech to things. Therefore we should take account of the motive of the lawgiver, rather than of his very words.”

— Thomas Aquinas

105. “The Bread of angels has become the Bread of mankind; This heavenly Bread puts an end to all images; O wonderful reality! The poor, the slave, and the humble can eat the Lord.”

— Thomas Aquinas

106. “The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord’s Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.”

— Thomas Aquinas

107. “Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain.”

— Thomas Aquinas

108. “Grace is a certain beginning of glory in us.”

— Thomas Aquinas

109. “When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.”

— Thomas Aquinas

110. “An act of love always tends towards two things; to the good that one wills, and to the person for whom one wills it.”

— Thomas Aquinas

111. “Not everyone who is enlightened by an angel knows that he is enlightened by him.”

— Thomas Aquinas

112. “A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith, he should produce inconclusive reasons and offer occasion for unbelievers to scoff at a faith based on such ground.”

— Thomas Aquinas

113. “If you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way.”

— Thomas Aquinas

114. “Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.”

— Thomas Aquinas

115. “Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance.”

— Thomas Aquinas

116. “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.”

— Thomas Aquinas

117. “That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.”

— Thomas Aquinas

118. “Reason in man is rather like God in the world.”

— Thomas Aquinas

119. “Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.”

— Thomas Aquinas

120. “One will observe that all things are arranged according to their degrees of beauty and excellence, and that the nearer they are to God, the more beautiful and better they are.”

— Thomas Aquinas

121. “Man can sin against nature in two ways. First, when he sins against his specific rational nature, acting contrary to reason. In this sense, we can say that every sin is a sin against man’s nature, because it is against man’s right reason...”

— Thomas Aquinas

122. “If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame.”

— Thomas Aquinas

123. “Now the maximum in any genus is the cause of all in that genus; as fire, which is the maximum heat, is the cause of all hot things. Therefore there must also be something which is to all beings the cause of their being, goodness, and every other perfection; and this we call God.”

— Thomas Aquinas

124. “God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.”

— Thomas Aquinas

125. “God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.”

— Thomas Aquinas

126. “Beauty adds to goodness a relation to the cognitive faculty: so that “good” means that which simply pleases the appetite; while the “beautiful” is something pleasant to apprehend.”

— Thomas Aquinas

127. “God’s precepts are light to the loving, heavy to the fearful.”

— Thomas Aquinas

128. “Grace renders us like God and a partaker of the divine nature.”

— Thomas Aquinas

129. “To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer.”

— Thomas Aquinas

130. “The proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God.”

— Thomas Aquinas

131. “While injustice is the worst of sins, despair is the most dangerous; because when you are in despair you care neither about yourself nor about others.”

— Thomas Aquinas

132. “In a false person, sacraments do not produce any effect.”

— Thomas Aquinas

133. “Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.”

— Thomas Aquinas

134. “Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon us also, O Lord our God, understanding to know you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace you; through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

— Thomas Aquinas

135. “It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.”

— Thomas Aquinas

136. “It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another’s property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need.”

— Thomas Aquinas

137. “Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.”

— Thomas Aquinas

138. “Beware of the person of one book.”

— Thomas Aquinas

139. “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.”

— Thomas Aquinas

140. “An angel can illumine the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach some truth which the angel himself contemplates.”

— Thomas Aquinas

141. “The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.”

— Thomas Aquinas

142. “The Angel’s bread is made the Bread of man today.”

— Thomas Aquinas

143. “Every cell in us worships God.”

— Thomas Aquinas

144. “For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.”

— Thomas Aquinas

145. “First, I say that he draws near to those who make peace with him. For God is the One who brings about peace; and where else should peace dwell than in peace?”

— Thomas Aquinas

146. “Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service.”

— Thomas Aquinas

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

— Thomas Aquinas

148. “Whenever God wakes in us, our thinking becomes clear – nothing is missing.”

— Thomas Aquinas

149. “Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.”

— Thomas Aquinas

150. “This Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin.”

— Thomas Aquinas