Saint Thomas Aquinas Quotes

#1. Even theologians, even the great theologians of the thirteenth century, even Saint Thomas Aquinas himself did not trust to faith alone, or assume the existence of God.

Henry Adams

#2. A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law.

Martin Luther

#3. Saint Thomas Aquinas explains how, with the gifts of the Holy Spirit, a person's whole spiritual being becomes responsive to God's light, not only the light of knowledge but also the inspiration of love. I have prayed for the gifts of the Holy Spirit since my youth and I continue to do so.

Pope John Paul II

#4. Once you choose to raise your own awareness, you will have done the most you can to defeat the dark side of human nature and to discover that a higher reality can actually be found and lived.

Deepak Chopra

#5. To love God is something greater than to know Him.

Thomas Aquinas

#6. But in this life on earth we have not only the fear but the certainty that we shall lose it. For one day we must die. Therefore true happiness... lasting, everlasting happiness cannot be our lot on earth. Nor could it be otherwise. For everlasting happiness is only another name for God.

Louis De Wohl

#7. You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

Diana Krall

#8. Skill is no substitute for luck.

Peter James West

#9. Of all the climatologists whose careers depend on the climate changing to keep themselves publishing articles - yes, I could read that, but I don't believe it.

Larry Bucshon

#10. It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.

Thomas Aquinas

#11. I'd like to say that I'm a rock star, but I'm not - I'm honestly more of a relationship kind of guy. I'm a guy you could take home to meet your mum rather than a guy your mum wouldn't like.

Ed Sheeran

#12. As the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods.

Thomas Aquinas

#13. What does it take to become a saint? Will it.

Thomas Aquinas

#14. Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

Thomas Aquinas

#15. It was easy enough to kill yourself in a fit of despair. It was easy enough to play the martyr. It was harder to do nothing. To endure your life. To wait.

Erica Jong

#16. If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#17. Once we all have our genomes, some of these extremely rare diseases are going to be totally predictable.

Craig Venter