I'm a religious man, " he said. "I don't believe in a particular God, but even so one can have a faith, something beyondthe limits of rationality. Marxism has a large element ofbuilt-in faith, although it claims to be a science and notmerely an ideology. This is my first visit to the West: untilnow I have only been able to go to the Soviet Union or Poland or the Baltic states. In your country I see anabundance of material things. It seems to be unlimited. Butthere's a difference between our countries that is also asimilarity. Both are poor. You see, poverty has differentfaces. We lack the abundance that you have, and we don'thave the freedom of choice. In your country I detect a kind of poverty, which is that you do not need to fight for yoursurvival. For me the struggle has a religious dimension, and I would not want to exchange that for your abundance. Henning Mankell
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St. Augustine, the 4th-century bishop of Hippo, said that "there is much to be desired in this life, much that is indispensable, but no one can live without supernatural goods." He lived under the Roman Empire and was born in 354. His mother died when he was young, and he was raised by his father. When he became a priest, he decided to devote his life to God.

His parents gave him the nickname St. Augustine, which means "holy one."

Source: The Dogs Of Riga

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