Thomas Aquinas

Thus the sun which possesses light perfectly, can shine by itself; whereas the moon which has the nature of light imperfectly, sheds only a borrowed light.

Thomas Aquinas

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.

Thomas Aquinas

To love is to will the good of another.

Thomas Aquinas

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping.

Thomas Aquinas

Unbelief is the greatest of sins.

Thomas Aquinas

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.

Thomas Aquinas

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.

Thomas Aquinas