We set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

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 (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

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

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274).

True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

A man’s heart is right when he wills what God wills.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

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.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

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

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)