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

Quote by Saint Augustine

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The greatest evil is physical pain.

The greatest evil is physical pain.

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...

To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of...

To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of...

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

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

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous...

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous...

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.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been...

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been...

No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.

No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of...

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of...

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

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

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which...

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which...

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...

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests...

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests...

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

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.

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,...