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Thomas Aquinas ,1225 – 1274 was an Italian Dominican friar, Philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. The name Aquinas identifies his ancestral origins in the county of Aquino in present-day Lazio, Italy. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology and the father of Thomism; of which he argued that reason is found in God. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy developed or opposed his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory. Unlike many currents in the Church of the time, Thomas embraced several ideas put forward by Aristotle—whom he called “the Philosopher”—and attempted to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity.
“Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.”
“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine”
“Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.”
“How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?”
“Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.”
“It has become the fashion to talk about Mysticism, even to pose as Mystics, and—need it be said?—those who talk the most on such subjects are those who know the least.”
“Jerome says, "Shun, as you would the plague, a cleric who from being poor has become wealthy, or who, from being a nobody has become a celebrity.”
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- - - - - - -“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine”
“Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.”
“How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?”
“Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.”
“It has become the fashion to talk about Mysticism, even to pose as Mystics, and—need it be said?—those who talk the most on such subjects are those who know the least.”
“Jerome says, "Shun, as you would the plague, a cleric who from being poor has become wealthy, or who, from being a nobody has become a celebrity.”