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61 " 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? "
― Thomas Aquinas
62 " Wonder is the desire of knowledge. "
63 " Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason. "
64 " I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain. "
65 " Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish. "
66 " For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice. "
67 " Grant, O Lord my God, that I may never fall away in success or in failure; that I may not be prideful in prosperity nor dejected in adversity. Let me rejoice only in what unites us and sorrow only in what separates us. May I strive to please no one or fear to displease anyone except Yourself. May I see always the things that are eternal and never those that are only temporal. May I shun any joy that is without You and never seek any that is beside You. O Lord, may I delight in any work I do for You and tire of any rest that is apart from You. My God, let me direct my heart towards You, and in my failings, always repent with a purpose of amendment. "
68 " There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God. "
69 " Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand. "
70 " Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His.If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God. "
71 " While injustice is the worst of sins, despair is the most dangerous; because when you are in despair you care neither about yourself nor about others. "
72 " The happy man in this life needs friends. "
73 " To love is to will the good of the other. "
74 " Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain. "
75 " The human mind may perceive truth only through thinking, as is clear from Augustine. "
― Thomas Aquinas , Summa Theologica
76 " Man should not consider his material possessions as his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need "
77 " Beware of the person of one book "
78 " Many cry to the Lord that they may win riches, that they may avoid losses; they cry that their family may be established, they ask for temporal happiness, for worldly dignities; and, lastly, they cry for bodily health, which is the patrimony of the poor. For these and suchlike things many cry to the Lord; hardly one cries for the Lord Himself! How easy it is for a man to desire all manner of things from the Lord and yet not desire the Lord Himself! As though the gift could be sweeter than the Giver! "
― Thomas Aquinas , On Prayer and The Contemplative Life
79 " Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered. "
80 " The existence of a prime mover- nothing can move itself; there must be a first mover. The first mover is called God. "
