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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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If...

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If...

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

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

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need;...

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need;...

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

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...

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...

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...

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...

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

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

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

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...

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

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.

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...

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.

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...

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

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

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