There is no possible source of evil except good.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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

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

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.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with...

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with...

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,...

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...

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled...

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled...

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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

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

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.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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...

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.

The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken...

The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken...

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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...

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

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

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.

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...