Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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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...

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

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.

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be...

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be...

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.

Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the...

Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the...

To seek the highest good is to live well.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

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.

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...

Love is the beauty of the soul.

Love is the beauty of the soul.

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.

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

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

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

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.

Love, and do what you like.

Love, and do what you like.

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but...

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but...

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...