Truth Quote by Augustine of Hippo

““Is truth then a nothing, simply because it is not spread out through space either finite or infinite?" Then from afar you cried to me, "By no means, for I am who I am .””

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“Faith seeks, understanding finds. This is why the prophet says, ‘Unless you believe, you will not understand”

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“Time takes no holiday. It does not roll idly by, but through our senses works its own wonders in the mind. Time came and…

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“So it falls out that in this world, in evil days like these, the Church walks onward like a wayfarer stricken by the world's…

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“Pride is the beginning of sin. And what is pride but the craving for undue exaltation? And this is undue exaltation - when the…

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“Variation on the middle sentence: A thing is not necessarily false because it is badly expressed, nor true because it is expressed magnificently.”

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“Run to and fro everywhere, holy fires, beautiful fires; for you are the light of the world, nor are you put under a bushel.…

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“Let Him do what pleases Him; let Him disclose Himself when it pleases Him! I now commit myself wholly to His care and clemency.”

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“and even now we labor in our residual gloom, until in your only Son we become your righteousness; for that righteousness is like God's…

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“Thus, every entity, even if it is a defective one, in so far as it is an entity, is good. In so far as…

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“But unscrupulous ambition has nothing to work upon, save in a nation corrupted by avarice and luxury. Moreover, a people becomes avaricious and luxurious…

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“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of the faith is to see what we believe.”

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