Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?

Quote by Saint Augustine

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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct...

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct...

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil...

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil...

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life...

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life...

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce...

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce...

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves...

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves...

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like,...

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like,...

Hear the other side.

Hear the other side.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose...

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose...

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by...

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by...

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities