Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

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Augustine of Hippo

In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.

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Augustine of Hippo

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.

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Augustine of Hippo

Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.

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Augustine of Hippo

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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Augustine of Hippo

How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity.

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Augustine of Hippo

Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.

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Augustine of Hippo

The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.

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Augustine of Hippo

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

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Augustine of Hippo

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

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Augustine of Hippo

People travel to wonder

at the height of the mountains,

at the huge waves of the seas,

at the long course of the rivers,

at the vast compass of the ocean,

at the circular motion of the stars,

and yet they pass by themselves

without wondering.

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Augustine of Hippo

The measure of love is to love without measure.

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Augustine of Hippo

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

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Augustine of Hippo

"To know yourself is to forget yourself."

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Kūkai

“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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Erasmus”