We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.
THOMAS AQUINASMan cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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The study of truth requires a considerable effort – which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge – despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.
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The soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
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The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
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God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
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To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping.
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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.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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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.
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Our aspect of neighborly love is that we must not merely will our neighbors good, but actually work to bring it about.
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