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“There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.”
― Herman Melville, Moby Dick

“The things that we love tell us what we are.”
― St. Thomas Aquinas

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

“Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.”
― Thomas Aquinas

“The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.”
― St. Thomas Aquinas

“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.”
― Thomas Aquinas

“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?”
― Thomas Aquinas

“Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.”
― Saint Thomas Aquinas

“Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.”
― Saint Thomas Aquinas

“No one heals himself by wounding another.”
― St. Ambrose

“It is preferable to have a virgin mind than a virgin body. Each is good if each be possible; if it be not possible, let me be chaste, not to man but to God.”
― St. Ambrose, Concerning Virgins

“Let God alone be sought as the judge of loveliness, Who loves even in less beautiful bodies the more beautiful souls.”
― Ambrose of Milan, The Complete Works of St. Ambrose (11 Books): Cross-Linked to the Bible

“It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.”
― Ambrose of Milan

“For then especially does the enemy lay his plans, when he sees passions engendered in us; then he supplies tinder; then he lays snares.”
― Ambrose of Milan, The Complete Works of St. Ambrose (11 Books): Cross-Linked to the Bible

“To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?”
― Ambrose of Milan

“if you can not calm your mind, check at least your tongue. For so it is written: Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips that they speak no guile. Seek peace and pursue it.”
― Ambrose of Milan, The Complete Works of St. Ambrose (11 Books): Cross-Linked to the Bible

“Let anger be guarded against. If it cannot, however, be averted, let it be kept within bounds. For indignation is a terrible incentive to sin. It disorders the mind to such an extent as to leave no room for reason.”
― Ambrose of Milan, The Complete Works of St. Ambrose (11 Books): Cross-Linked to the Bible

“Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.”
― Saint Augustine

“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”
― Augustine of Hippo

“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.”
― St. Augustine

“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”
― Augustine of Hippo

“The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty life is unfinished.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary

“Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.”
― Fulton J. Sheen

“If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.”
― Fulton J. Sheen

“Any book which inspires us to lead a better life is a good book.”
― Fulton Sheen, The Quotable Fulton Sheen: A Topical Compilation of the Wit, Wisdom, and Satire of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

“A woman gets angry when a man denies his faults, because she knew them all along. His lying mocks her affection; it is the deceit that angers her more than the faults.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Life Is Worth Living

“When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown!”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Life Is Worth Living

“Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?”
― Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

“Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.”
― Fulton J. Sheen