Quotemeal: Jan. 29th, 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009

"There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning."
— Thomas Aquinas

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Illustration of Thomas Aquinas — "There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning."

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