There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
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Quotes by Thomas Aquinas
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
The things that we love tell us what we are.
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.
We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.
Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
Beware of the person of one book.
Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
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