"Beware the man of a single book...." - Quote by Thomas Aquinas

“Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.”

“For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whereas the true is found when the thing comes to us.”

“Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.”

“The physician who knows only medicine, knows not even medicine.”

“The best leaders are those their people hardly know exist.The next best is a leader who is loved and praised.Next comes the one who is feared.The worst one is the leader that is despised ...The best leaders value their words, and use them sparingly.When they have accomplished their task,the people say, "Amazing!We did it, all by ourselves!”

“In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”

“I am a part of everything that I have read.”

“Seek truth while you are young, for if you do not, it will later escape your grasp”

“The first steps in Agriculture, Astronomy, Zoology, (those first steps which the farmer, the hunter, and the sailor take,) teach that nature's dice are always loaded; that in her heaps and rubbish are concealed sure and useful results.”