Maxioms by St. Augustine
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
When the will abandons what is above itself and turns to what is lower, it becomes evil -- not because read more
When the will abandons what is above itself and turns to what is lower, it becomes evil -- not because that is evil to which it turns, but because the turning itself is wicked. Therefore it is not an inferior thing which has made the will evil, but it is itself which has become so by wickedly and inordinately desiring an inferior thing.
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in read more
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet
Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet
Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430 None can become fit for the future life, who hath read more
Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430 None can become fit for the future life, who hath not practiced himself for it now.
