There is no possible source of evil except good.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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Hear the other side.

Hear the other side.

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

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

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.

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 words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

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...

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...

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be...

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct...

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct...

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

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

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...

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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...

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...

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

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...