To seek the highest good is to live well.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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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...

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...

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

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...

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...

The greatest evil is physical pain.

The greatest evil is physical pain.

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.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need;...

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need;...

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

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

Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.

Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.

Women are deep beautiful blue oceans and once a month its Shark week!

Women are deep beautiful blue oceans and once a month its Shark week!