The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. – Thomas Aquinas
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin. – 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
The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world. – Thomas Aquinas
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.