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Inspirational Quotes by Saint Augustine
- Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
- The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
- Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at…
- Patience is the companion of wisdom.
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
- The greatest evil is physical pain.
- Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances,…
- Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
- A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
- The purpose of all wars, is peace.
- It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
- God is best known in not knowing him.
- Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
- The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
- Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
- The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
- Custom is second nature.
- Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
- To seek the highest good is to live well.
- It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
- To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
- We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
- There is no possible source of evil except good.
- This world's a bubble.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
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- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
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- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
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- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento