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.

... the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul.

Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for nonactivity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will destroy our culture and ourselves.

Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence.

Modern religious teaching have little or nothing to say about the place of prudence in life or in the hierarchy of virtues.

To celebrate a festival means: to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner, the universal assent to the world as a whole.

Being precedes Truth, and ... Truth precedes the Good.

All just order in the world is based on this, that man give man what is his due.

[T]o know means to reach the reality of existing things[.]

The "supreme good" and its attainment -- that is happiness. And joy is: response to happiness.

The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation.

What's so great about writing?" "You can make anything true

Trust always defeats every rebellion

Serving my generation with excellence will mean my generation can in turn lead with excellence.

We call love what binds us to certain creatures only by reference to a collective way of seeing for which books and legends are responsible.

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.

I Wanted To Sign Scholes For Killie But Fergie Burst Out Laughing

I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now.

He that will take the bird, must not skare it.

So much of our culture is bought and manufactured - not to say great art can't come out of that. Some art is really amazing that is manufactured and sold, like action movies and stuff.

Guys who are charismatic and fun-loving and sweet and generous are the ones I want to date.