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But can one actually see beauty with eyes blurred by the lack of almost everything a human being needs?Paulo Lins
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There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.Augustine Of Hippo
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... The dominion of good men is profitable, not so much for themselves as for human affairs. But the dominion of bad men is hurtful chiefly to themselves who rule, for they destroy their own souls by greater licence in wickedness;Augustine Of Hippo
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Purity both of the body and the soul rests on the steadfastness of the will strengthened by God's grace, and cannot be forcibly taken from an unwilling person.Augustine Of Hippo
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... The soul which is led by God and His wisdom, rather than by bodily concupiscence, will certainly never consent to the desire aroused in its own flesh by another's lust.Augustine Of Hippo
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And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in even if they do understand.Augustine Of Hippo
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A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens.Augustine Of Hippo
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There could be nothing more fortunate for human affairs than that by the mercy of God they who are endowed with true piety of life if they have the skill for ruling people should also have the power.Augustine Of Hippo
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When consent takes the form of seeking to possess the things we wish, this is called desire. When consent takes the form of enjoying the things we wish, this is called joy.Augustine Of Hippo
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He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner.Augustine Of Hippo
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Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace.Augustine Of Hippo
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This is pride when the soul abandons Him to Whom it ought to cleave as its end and becomes a kind of end to itself. This happens when it becomes its own satisfaction.Augustine Of Hippo
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His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses: present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation.Augustine Of Hippo
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... the earthly city glories in itself, the Heavenly City glories in the Lord.Augustine Of Hippo
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Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms?Augustine Of Hippo
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Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself.Augustine Of Hippo