Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Love is the beauty of the soul.

Love is the beauty of the soul.

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

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

He that is jealous is not in love.

He that is jealous is not in love.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected...

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected...

There is no possible source of evil except good.

There is no possible source of evil except good.

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

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

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...