"Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of……" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame."
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438 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.
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Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a…
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When one is truly in love, one not only says it, but shows it.
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There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of…
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Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images,…
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The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.
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Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay.
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All was silent as before - All silent save the dripping rain.
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Learn to labour and to wait.
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Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!
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Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
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There's nothing in this world so sweet as love. And next to love the sweetest thing is hate.
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Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will…
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— Alphonsus Liguori
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'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't…
— Josemaria Escriva
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Did a Magdalene, a Paul, a Constantine, an Augustine become mountains of ice after their conversion? Quite the contrary. We…
— Frances Xavier Cabrini
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The big, blazing truth about man is that he has a heaven-sized hole in his heart, and nothing else can…
— Peter Kreeft
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Beauty is a key to the mystery and a call to transcendence. It is an invitation to savor life and…
— Pope John Paul II
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According to St. Bonaventure, all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her: "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother…
— Louis de Montfort
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Loving difficult people will refine us. Perhaps only in heaven will our love be so perfected that we can actually…
— Scott Hahn
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As we shall see, the concept of time has no meaning before the beginning of the universe. This was first…
— Stephen Hawking
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The conscious mind allows itself to be trained like a parrot, but the unconscious does not—which is why St. Augustine…
— Carl Jung
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For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people.…
— Coretta Scott King
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Again, I hear almost everyday from atheists who write off religion as primitive, premodern nonsense. I summon Aquinas, Augustine, Paul…
— Robert Barron
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