Thomas Aquinas

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”

“Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.”

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”

“The things that we love tell us what we are.”

“Beware the man of a single book.”

“Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.”

“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.”

“The study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.”

“Wonder is the desire for knowledge.”

“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.”