Saint Augustine

Love, and do what you like. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#love #you

Punishment is justice for the unjust. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#punishment #unjust

The purpose of all wars, is peace. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#purpose #wars

Hear the other side. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#other #side

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#grant #then #thou #wilt

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#free #kind #king #slave #though

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#give #give me #lord #me #oh

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#beside #bodies #children #creation #elemental

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#experiences #go #here #must #printed

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#emptied #empty #filled #full #must