The purpose of all wars, is peace.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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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.

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;...

There is no possible source of evil except good.

There is no possible source of evil except good.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

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...

Love is the beauty of the soul.

Love is the beauty of the soul.

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,...

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...

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a...

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a...

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.