"There is nothing evil save that which perverts……" — Ambrose
"There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience."
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63 Quotes by Ambrose
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When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about virtue, we are speaking about Christ.…
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In some causes silence is dangerous.
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The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.
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We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.
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But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.
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Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. No…
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The rich women, to avoid dividing the inheritance among many, kill their own fetus in the womb and with murderous…
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The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against the assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but…
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Stephen prayed for his persecutors, who had not been able even to listen to the Name of Christ, when he…
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If it is "daily bread," why do you take it once a year? . . . Take daily what is…
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The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by…
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The prime objective of all Initiatory music in the Temples of Antiquity was to bring about physical purification and renewal,…
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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he…
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I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this…
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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how…
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Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
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So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their…
— Walter Bagehot
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Modesty is the conscience of the body.
— Honore de Balzac
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Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.
— Honore de Balzac
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Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to…
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become…
— Bono
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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
— Bono
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