"Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you."

- St. Thomas Aquinas

"Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues."

- St. Thomas Aquinas

"God is humanity's universal teacher and guardian, but his teaching to humanity is mediated by angels."

- St. Thomas Aquinas

"If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one patiently suffers much, or when one suffers things which one is able to avoid and yet does not avoid. Christ endured much on the cross, and did so patiently, because when he suffered he did not threaten; he was led like a sheep to the slaughter and he did not open his mouth."

- St. Thomas Aquinas