Thomas Aquinas Quotes & Sayings

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”

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

“Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.”

“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”

“To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.”

“Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.”

“The things that we love tell us what we are.”

“How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.”

“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.”