Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
THOMAS AQUINASFriendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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.
THOMAS AQUINASThe soul is uninhabited world that only comes to life when god lays his head against us.
THOMAS AQUINASWe 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 AQUINASWonder is the desire of knowledge.
THOMAS AQUINASIf the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
THOMAS AQUINASThe Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
THOMAS AQUINASTo love is to will the good of the other.
THOMAS AQUINASGod has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
THOMAS AQUINASRarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
THOMAS AQUINASThere must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.
THOMAS AQUINASTo pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping.
THOMAS AQUINASA mans heart is right when he wills that god wills.
THOMAS AQUINASFaith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
THOMAS AQUINASOur aspect of neighborly love is that we must not merely will our neighbors good, but actually work to bring it about.
THOMAS AQUINASTo one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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