Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
THOMAS AQUINASThe 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.
More Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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To love is to will the good of the other.
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of god.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
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We set forth our petitions before god, not in order to make known to him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in the things it is necessary to turn to god for help.
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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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He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you could live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship
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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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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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When the devil is called god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldiness.
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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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