Quotes from St. Thomas Aquinas
It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Godhead here in hiding, whom I adore Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more, See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art
- St. Thomas Aquinas
God is not related to creatures as though belonging to a different "genus," but as transcending every "genus," and as the principle of all "genera.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
There can be no joy in living without joy in work.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
We can open our hearts to God, but only with Divine help.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
This Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His. If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.
- St. Thomas Aquinas