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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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think...

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think...

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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,...

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...

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the...

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the...

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...

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

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

Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea,...

Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea,...

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that...

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that...

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.