Saint Augustine on evil
Saint Augustine104 quotes“There is no possible source of evil except good.”
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine We speak, but it is God who teaches.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine We speak, but it is God who teaches.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine
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The more you suffer, the more you awaken.
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Ana SoulfulAna Soulful The right person will never get tired of you.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith You thought it wouldn’t live again. But it will live again.
Carisa DownsCarisa Downs The world is not allowed to make a meal of you, girl. It is there for your consuming.
Nikita GillNikita Gill We all carry the heaviest anchors without anyone having a clue about it.
Aaron BellAaron Bell And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
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Simone WeilSimone Weil Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
Simone WeilSimone Weil We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding It is necessary to believe that the mixture of evil has produced the greatest possible good: otherwise the evil would not have been permitted.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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