Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, O.P., was an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus and the Doctor Communis. The name Aquinas identifies his ancestral origins in the county of Aquino in present-day Lazio, where his family held land until 1137...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionTheologian
CountryItaly
friendship philosophical real-friends
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
powerful heart compassion
Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
faith inspiration saint
To love God is something greater than to know Him.
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If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
men willpower virtue
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
sake angry
God is never angry for His sake, only for ours.
men redemption charity
Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance. So Ambrosius says, and it is also to be found in the Decretum Gratiani: The bread which you withhold belongs to the hungry: the clothing you shut away, to the naked: and the money you bury in the earth is the redemption and freedom of the penniless.
perseverance heart waiting
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
love philosophical thoughtful
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
god soul world
The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
spiritual men addiction
Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
philosophical hands catholic
To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.