...deeds are done which appear so evil to us and people suffer such terrible evils that it does not seem as though any good will ever come of them; and we consider this, sorrowing and grieving over it so that we cannot find peace in the blessed contemplation of God as we should do; and this is why: our reasoning powers are so blind now, so humble and so simple, that we cannot know the high, marvelous wisdom, the might and the goodness of the Holy Trinity. And this is what he means where he says, 'You shall see for yourself that all manner of things shall be well', as if he said, 'Pay attention to this now, faithfully and confidently, and at the end of time you will truly see it in the fullness of joy.
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JULIAN CASTRO Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquai... JULIAN SIMON The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of u... JULIAN SIMON Greater consumption due to increase in population and growth of income heightens scarcity and induce... JULIAN SIMON You never know people, do you? You can work with 'em for twenty years; you don't know 'em at all. JULIAN FELLOWES Life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous. JULIAN FELLOWES Lawyers are always confident before the verdict. It's only after that they share their doubts. JULIAN FELLOWES Any bride who doesn't suck up to their husband's mother is a fool. JULIAN FELLOWES I don't want my own son to die, but this is a war and we must be in it together. High and low. Rich ... JULIAN FELLOWES War makes early risers of us all. JULIAN FELLOWES It's the gloomy things that need our help, if everything in the garden is sunny, why meddle? JULIAN FELLOWES In most cultures, you can have a kid at 18 and it's not a big thing. It's not like, 'Oh,... JULIAN CASABLANCAS Being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor I don't take lightly. I know I... JULIAN CASTRO The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, vicious... JULIAN BARNES I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitaria... JULIAN LENNON Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subt... JULIAN BARNES Wellbeing is a notion that entails our values about the good life, and questions of values are not u... JULIAN BAGGINI As we've gotten more successful, there's a gap between the speed of our publishing pipeline ... JULIAN ASSANGE The greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being j... JULIAN BAGGINI When Enron collapsed, through court processes, thousands and thousands of emails came out that were ... JULIAN ASSANGE I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contempora... JULIAN FELLOWES The overwhelming success of San Antonio B-Cycle has proven that San Antonio is a model city for bike... JULIAN CASTRO For a long time I didn't want to do a solo thing, but there comes a point where everyone else is... JULIAN CASABLANCAS When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. JULIAN BARNES Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we... JULIAN BOND My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would h... JULIAN CASTRO Of all the fictions we heard last week in Tampa, the one I find most troubling is this: If we all ju... JULIAN CASTRO Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call fl... JULIAN BAGGINI Trying to keep up with health advice can feel like surfing the Net for weather forecasts: what you f... JULIAN BAGGINI The supposed revelations of God to humanity through Christ, or the word of God to Mohammed through t... JULIAN BAGGINI It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one... JULIAN BAGGINI You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue th... JULIAN BAGGINI My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a k... JULIAN SCHNABEL We know that in our free market economy some will prosper more than others. What we don't accept... JULIAN CASTRO Braque was like some hilltop castle that Picasso was constantly besieging. He invests it, bombards i... JULIAN BARNES She found him propped against a wall, clearly very severely injured. JULIAN SMITH I just wanted to make sure that the team didn't feel like, 'Oh, woe is me' after last week. That's w... JULIAN PETERSON Daily life is better when it involves interactions with real people who have a personal investment i... JULIAN BAGGINI Do we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, th... JULIAN BARNES