 To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. Topics: Sin |
| Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God. Not only is it sin, it is a perverse distortion of the image of the Creator in us. All these good things, and all our security, are rightly found only and completely in Him. Topics: Sin
Source: The Confessions of Saint Augustine. |
| The Bible is shallow enough for a child not to drown, yet deep enough for an elephant to swim. Topics: The Bible |
| Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence. Topics: Theology, Providence, Community |
| Trials come to prove and improve us. Topics: Trials |
| Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence. Topics: Trust |
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| Where I found truth, there found I my God, who is the truth itself. Topics: Truth, God |
| Though the light shines on things unclean, yet it is not thereby defiled. Topics: Truth, Light |
| A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. Topics: Truth |
| One never errs more safely than when one errs by too much loving the truth. Topics: Truth |
| When regard for truth has been broken down or even slightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful. Topics: Truth |
| Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. Topics: Virtue, Character |
