Thomas Aquinas, OP (1225–74,) also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican friar and priest and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the “Doctor Angelicus”, “Doctor Communis”, and “Doctor Universalis”. “Aquinas” is from the county of Aquino, an area his family held land in until 1137. He was born in Roccasecca, Italy.
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Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man
does what he ought to do in circumstances confronting him.
—Thomas Aquinas
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
—Thomas Aquinas
Topics: Character
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
—Thomas Aquinas
Faith has to do with things that are not seen,
and hope with things that are not in hand.
—Thomas Aquinas
Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.
—Thomas Aquinas
Topics: Perspective
I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it.
—Thomas Aquinas
He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
—Thomas Aquinas
Religious worship is not directed to images in themselves, considered as mere things, but under their distinctive aspect as images leading us on to God incarnate. The movement toward the image does not terminate in it as image, but tends toward that whose image it is.
—Thomas Aquinas
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