Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
Thomas AquinasHe who is drawn to something desirable does not desire to have it as a thought but as a thing.
Thomas AquinasWhen the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.
Thomas Aquinas