Summa Theologiae Quotes

#1. Wonder is defined by Thomas [Aquinas] in the Summa Theologiae [I-II, Q. 32, a. 8], as the desiderium sciendi, the desire for knowledge, active longing to know.

Josef Pieper

#2. The Summa Theologiae is not, as is sometimes supposed, a potpourri of theology and philosophy; it is wholly a Summa of Theology concerned with the Sacra Doctrina, the Holy Teaching of salvation given by God's revelation.

Brian Davies

#3. Certain persons are malicious solely through a necessity for talking. Their conversation, the chat of the drawing-room, gossip of the anteroom, is like those chimneys which consume wood rapidly; they need a great amount of combustibles; and their combustibles are furnished by their neighbors.

Victor Hugo

#4. Simplicity is the best strategy.
Reciprocity is the best policy.

Debasish Mridha

#5. Who cares for your fashions and your wars and your causes? I will shortly be gone and I have seen many fashions come and go and many causes so passionately defended only to be forgotten.

Paulette Jiles

#6. They said a lot of things to each other that night, but nothing that involved words.

Michael Grant

#7. This resolution is further proof that Congress stands firmly behind our troops and remains resolved to pursue those responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, until they are discovered, detained, and punished.

John Doolittle

#8. It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.

Thomas Carlyle

#9. I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications.

David Blunkett

#10. But my parents had taught me that everybody deserved respect, no matter if they were pansies or not, and to tell the truth, I was nothing to write home about in the physical looks department.

Robert McCammon

#11. Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.

Diana Vreeland

#12. Perhaps he was a bit different from other people, but what really sympathetic person is not a little mad?

Isadora Duncan

#13. There's not a party, a congressman, a senator, etc. elected that will fix your life. YOU have to fix YOUR life.

Dave Ramsey

#14. I've always been curious about the psychology of the person behind the mask ...

Philip G. Zimbardo

#15. As long as you can walk, you will find a walking stick. As long as you are brave, someone will help you.

Nina George

#16. I want be a guest-star on as many television shows as I possibly can. I love television. The fact that television ultimately made me famous was very gratifying for me.

Dave Chappelle

#17. When Numa died, Rome by the twin disciplines of peace and war was as eminent for self-mastery as for military power.

Livy