"I am interested in the shape of ideas……" — Samuel Beckett

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• Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will… — John Calvin
• St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of… — Alphonsus Liguori
• 'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't… — Josemaria Escriva
• Did a Magdalene, a Paul, a Constantine, an Augustine become mountains of ice after their conversion? Quite the contrary. We… — Frances Xavier Cabrini
• The big, blazing truth about man is that he has a heaven-sized hole in his heart, and nothing else can… — Peter Kreeft
• Beauty is a key to the mystery and a call to transcendence. It is an invitation to savor life and… — Pope John Paul II
• According to St. Bonaventure, all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her: "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother… — Louis de Montfort
• Loving difficult people will refine us. Perhaps only in heaven will our love be so perfected that we can actually… — Scott Hahn
• As we shall see, the concept of time has no meaning before the beginning of the universe. This was first… — Stephen Hawking
• The conscious mind allows itself to be trained like a parrot, but the unconscious does not—which is why St. Augustine… — Carl Jung
• For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people.… — Coretta Scott King
• 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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