it is a higher glory... to stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by war.
Augustine of HippoRight is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
Augustine of HippoTags: morality right-and-wrong
In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
Augustine of HippoI was unhappy and so is every soul unhappy which is tied to its love for mortal things; when it loses them, it is torn in pieces, and it is then that it comes to realize the unhappiness which was there even before it lost them.
Augustine of HippoOnce for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good.
Augustine of HippoTags: life inspirational love thelema do-what-thou-wilt
A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot
Augustine of HippoTags: joy christian christian-behavior
The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.
Augustine of HippoWhen men cannot communicate their thoughts to each other, simply because of difference of language, all the similarity of their common human nature is of no avail to unite them in fellowship.
Augustine of HippoIn my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
Augustine of HippoTags: inspirational spiritual
Variation on the middle sentence: A thing is not necessarily false because it is badly expressed, nor true because it is expressed magnificently.
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