Everything I have written seems like straw by comparison with what I have seen and what… — St. Thomas Aquinas
Everything I have written seems like straw by comparison with what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.
In the original Latin
Mihi videtur ut palea.
1273
★ 2.1Said following a mystical experience, after which Tolstoy did no more teaching or writing.
Provenance
Current citation
St. Thomas Aquinus. Quoted in The Life of Saint Thomas Aquinas: Biographical Documents, written by Kenelm Foster. Longmans, Green and Company/Helicon Press, 1959.
Original citation
St. Thomas Aquinus. Reply to Reginald of Piperno. c. 6 Dec. 1273.