Thomas Aquinas Thoughtful Quotations

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

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.

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

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

All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.

A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.

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.

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.