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Some Quotes by Saint Augustine
- Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some…
- Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order to correct some who thought…
- I do not doubt that all those who have received Baptism anywhere and from whomever do have Baptism, as long as it was consecrated with…
- The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty: therefore, if it…
- That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left…
- Temporal punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by some after death, by some both here and hereafter, but all of them before…
- As to the fable that there are Antipodes, that is to say, men on the opposite side of the earth where the sun rises when…
- What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil…
- Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now the end of life puts…
- What then, is correctness of speech but the maintenance of the practice of others, as established by the authority of ancient speakers? But the weaker…
- We enjoy some gratification when our good friends die; for though their death leaves us in sorrow, we have the consolatory assurance that they are…
- Far be it from us to doubt that all number is known to Him 'Whose understanding is infinite' (Ps. 147:5). The infinity of number, though…
- Let us leave a little room for reflection in our lives, room too for silence. Let us look within ourselves and see whether there is…
- When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with…
- Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those…
- Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look…
- No one knows what he himself is made of, except his own spirit within him, yet there is still some part of him which remains…
- He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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