Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are...

If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are...

Love is the beauty of the soul.

Love is the beauty of the soul.

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the...

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the...

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...

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...

To seek the highest good is to live well.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled...

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled...

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had...

By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had...

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

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.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did...

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did...

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of...

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of...

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil...

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil...

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected...

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected...