The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe purpose of all wars, is peace.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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