"Now this relaxation of the mind from..." - Quote by Thomas Aquinas

“He who is drawn to something desirable does not desire to have it as a thought but as a thing.”

“It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.”

“Justice is in subjects as well as in rulers.”

“Whenever in doubt, turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.”

“Scientists are coming to recognise the effects of the mind on physical health. The sense of relaxation associated with inner peace involves not only being physically at ease. If you are nagged by worry or seething with anger, you’re not really relaxed. The key to relaxation is peace of mind. The relaxation gained from alcohol, drugs or just listening to music may seem attractive, but it doesn’t last.”

“A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.”

“The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by taking my books away from me. It's perfectly awful to let the mind grind itself away between the upper and nether millstones of regret and remorse without respite; with books my life would be livable -- any life.”

“If I like a thing, it just sticks after once reading it or hearing it.”

“He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.”