We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain

Quote by Saint Augustine

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To seek the highest good is to live well.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

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...

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

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,...

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...

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the...

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

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.

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...

Women should not be enlightened or educated in any way. They should, in fact, be...

Women should not be enlightened or educated in any way. They should, in fact, be...

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

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

Did you know if you yell 'Bloody Mary' 3 times in the mirror at 3am...

Did you know if you yell 'Bloody Mary' 3 times in the mirror at 3am...

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.