The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

The things that we love tell us what we are.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

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.
Saint 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.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

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

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.
Saint Thomas Aquinas