To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

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...

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...

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...

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.