Thomas Aquinas

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

Thomas Aquinas

Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy.

Thomas Aquinas

One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.

Thomas Aquinas

Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

Thomas Aquinas

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

Thomas Aquinas

Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.

Thomas Aquinas

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

Thomas Aquinas

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

Thomas Aquinas

The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.

Thomas Aquinas

The times are never so bad that a good man cannot live in them.

Thomas Aquinas