Introduction
There are many reasons for developing good study habits and one of them is to advance toward our academic goals. While advancing toward our academic goals is important there are other equal reasons for developing these good study habits and that is to studying holiness where it can be found; that is, to studying truth so that it can lead us to holiness of life. Studying truth requires first of all a desire to know the truth; secondly, a good guide along the paths of holiness that lay before the search. We can find no better guide to studying truth, studying holiness, and developing good study habits than St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church. St. Thomas is often referred to as the Angelic Doctor because his studying truth resulted in his living a holy life. In this short letter to a person who was interested in following St. Thomas, St. Thomas lays down several principles or study habits, which lead to a holy lifestyle.