The purpose of all wars...is peace.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil...

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil...

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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.

Despise not yourselves, ye women; the Son of God was born of a woman.

Despise not yourselves, ye women; the Son of God was born of a woman.

There is no possible source of evil except good.

There is no possible source of evil except good.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

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.

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to...

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to...

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door....

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door....

What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the...

What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the...