It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.
Thomas AquinasIf the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
Thomas AquinasThe same fire" (which he decides to be material) " torments the damned in hell and the just in purgatory...The least pain in purgatory exceeds the greatest in this life.
Thomas Aquinas