Aquinas, St. Thomas
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Aquinas, St. Thomas
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Character
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Friends and Friendship
By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Equality
Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Love
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.
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Self-reliance
A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Reason
Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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Reason
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
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Philosophers and Philosophy
To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
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Persuasion
Beware of the person of one book.
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Books - Reading
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.
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Action
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man s own will.
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Will and Will Power