Freedom Quote by Augustine of Hippo

“This, then, is true liberty: the joy that comes in doing what is right. At the same time, it is also devoted service in obedience to righteous precept.” quote by Augustine of Hippo — Download Open image

““This, then, is true liberty: the joy that comes in doing what is right. At the same time, it is also devoted service in obedience to righteous precept.””

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“We are inflamed, by Thy Gift we are kindled; and are carried upwards; we glow inwardly, and go forwards. We ascend Thy ways that be in our heart, and sing a song of degrees; we glow inwardly with Thy fire, with Thy good fire, and we go; because we go upwards to the peace of Jerusalem: for gladdened was I…

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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 hostility, but comforted by the mercy of God. Nor does this state of affairs date only from the days of Christ's and His Apostles' presence on earth. It was never any different from the days when…

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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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