Thomas Aquinas1225–1274To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
If the primary aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
One who liberates his country by killing a tyrant is to be praised and rewarded.
Trans. J.G. Dawson (Oxford, 1959), 44, 2 in O’Donovan, pp. 329-30- Summa contra Gentiles (1259–1265), I, 1, 2
- Opuscule II, De Regno (On Kingship, c. 1267)
No evil can be excused because it is done with a good intention.
On the Ten Commandments (c. 1273), Art. 1All that I have written seems like straw compared to what has now been revealed to me.
Processus canonizationis S. Thomae, Neapoli, LXXIX- Summa contra Gentiles (1259–1265), III, 130, 3
- On The Perfection of the Spiritual Life (1269-1270), Chapter 14
