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I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.


Saint Patrick

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SAINT AUGUSTINE The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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SAINT BARTHOLOMEW Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows that it brings abundance to drive a...
SAINT BASIL The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
SAINT AUGUSTINE Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of ...
SAINT AUGUSTINE Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
SAINT AUGUSTINE Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
SAINT AUGUSTINE Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws...
SAINT AUGUSTINE I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so
SAINT AUGUSTINE Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbou...
SAINT AUGUSTINE Unless you believe, you will not understand.
SAINT AUGUSTINE The argument is at an end.
SAINT AUGUSTINE It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep...
SAINT IGNATIUS Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, ...
SAINT AUGUSTINE The animal kingdom is destined by nature to serve, and that service is fulfilled in alleviating the ...
SAINT BERNARD You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-p...
SAINT STEPHEN Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast red...
SAINT AMBROSE We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.
SAINT STEPHEN In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out cl...
SAINT IGNATIUS Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of ...
SAINT AUGUSTINE A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders,...
SAINT AMBROSE Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
SAINT AUGUSTINE Patience is the companion of wisdom.
SAINT AUGUSTINE What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and...
SAINT AUGUSTINE Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights...
SAINT BASIL The greatest evil is physical pain.
SAINT AUGUSTINE It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
SAINT AUGUSTINE Punishment is justice for the unjust.
SAINT AUGUSTINE Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
SAINT AUGUSTINE