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"Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent."
"Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works."
"All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors."
"But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not properly be applied to life itself."
"Each eye can have its vision separately; but when we are looking at anything our vision, which in itself is divided, joins up and unites in order to give itself as a whole to the object that is put before it."
"I have not so great a struggle with my vices, great and numerous as they are, as I have with my impatience. My efforts are not absolutely useless; yet I have never been able to conquer this ferocious wild beast."
"The marks of Jesus are imprisonment, chains, scourgings, blows and stoning in bearing testimony to the Gospel. Galatians 6:17 - 17 Finally, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus."
"It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results."
"For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are spoken of, they remain utterly remote from our perception, and as it were, wrapped in obscurities, until that day."
"Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us, and a certain persuasion of His veracity."
"Integrity is the best of all protectors...we cannot be more secure than when fortified by a good conscience."
"The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith"
"The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner recesses of the heart."
"We ought always to beware of making the smallest claim for ourselves."
"On the one hand, undeserved success gives no satisfaction... but, on the other hand, well-deserved failure gives no satisfaction either."
"To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word or look, which is not felt in the heart."
"Creatures are so governed by the secret counsel of God, that nothing happens but what he has knowingly and willingly decreed."
"It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone."
"Let us fall before the majesty of our great God, acknowledging our faults, and praying that he will make us ever more conscious of them."
"But we have nothing of the Spirit except through regeneration. Everything, therefore, which we have from nature is flesh."