"In what is necessary, unity; in what..." - Quote by Saint Augustine
In what is necessary, unity; in what is not necessary, liberty and in all things charity.
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“You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can your enemy so hurt you by his violence, as you hurt yourself if you love him not.”
“What is grace? I know until you ask me; when you ask me, I do not know.”
“Beauty is the brilliance of truth.”
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“The Way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures.”
“I hope that at this moment you are thinking of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European, African, or member of any particular country. These loyalties are secondary.”
“The true philosopher and the true poet are one,and a beauty, which is truth,and a truth, which is beauty,is the aim of both.”
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“History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected by joining in societies and establishing government; their industry encouraged and rewarded, arts invented, and life made more comfortable; the advantages of liberty, mischiefs of licentiousness, benefits arising from good laws and a due execution of justice. Thus may the first principles of sound politics be fixed in the minds of youth.”
“...I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.”
“I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth.”