If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything — Saint Aurelius Augustine
The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? — Saint Aurelius Augustine
The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. — Saint Aurelius Augustine
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot. — Saint Aurelius Augustine
The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. — Saint Aurelius Augustine
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow — Saint Aurelius Augustine
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. — Saint Aurelius Augustine
