Thomas Aquinas also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino was a Catholic Priest in the Dominican Order and one of the most important Medieval philosophers and theologians.His most influential works are the Summa Theologica and and the Summa contra Gentiles.
Born: January 28, 1225, Roccasecca, Italy
Died: March 7, 1274, Fossanova Abbey, Priverno, Italy
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.
The things that we love tell us what we are.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man’s own will.
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.
Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.
Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
