Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Truth is not private property.
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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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