"Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself."

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Source: Is It Okay to Pray for Material Things? by Rick Hamlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2010.

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Saint Augustine

Theologian, Philosopher

Saint Augustine was a theologian and philosopher whose works, particularly 'Confessions,' profoundly influenced Christian thought and Western philosophy.

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