Quotes from Thomas Aquinas

This word "other" [alius], however, in the masculine sense, means only a distinction of "suppositum"; and hence we can properly say that "the Son is other than the Father," because He is another "suppositum" of the divine nature, as He is another person and another hypostasis.

Also pertinent to these spirits is the execution of divine works which are done outside the order of nature, for these are most sublime among the divine ministrations... And if there be anything else that is universal and primary in the carrying out of divine ministrations, it is proper to assign it to this order.

But this name of 'Holy Ghost' [*It should be borne in mind that the word "ghost" is the old English equivalent for the Latin "spiritus," whether in the sense of "breath" or "blast," or in the sense of "spirit," as an immaterial substance.

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about.

To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

Art is right reason in the doing of work.

The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.

Mistakes are made on two counts: an argument is either based on error or incorrectly developed.

Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.

God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.

The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.

Beauty adds to goodness a relation to the cognitive faculty: so that "good" means that which simply pleases the appetite; while the "beautiful" is something pleasant to apprehend.

The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.

Wonder is the desire of knowledge.

He who is drawn to something desirable does not desire to have it as a thought but as a thing.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

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

The light of faith makes us see what we believe.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.