It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man should love himself... Life is God's gift to man, and is subject to His power, Who kills and makes to live. Hence whoever takes his own life, sins against God... for it belongs to God alone to pronounce sentence of death and life.

Characteristics which define beauty are wholeness, harmony and radiance.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

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.

It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.

Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.

There is nothing in your mind which wasn't experienced before hand.