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Idolatry is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that is meant to be worshipped.
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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
Saint Augustine
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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
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Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation to grace in the soul.
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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
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Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
Saint Augustine
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To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend.
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Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt is something one is proud of.
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God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because he is always ready to give to us his light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one; but we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down to other things out of a desire for temporal things.
Saint Augustine
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
Saint Augustine
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ; rest your weary ones; bless your dying ones; soothe your suffering ones; pity your afflicted ones; shield your joyous ones; and all for your love's sake. Amen.
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
Saint Augustine