This is pride when the soul abandons Him to Whom it ought to cleave as its end and becomes a kind of end to itself. This happens when it becomes its own satisfaction.
There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.
But can one actually see beauty with eyes blurred by the lack of almost everything a human being needs?
Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself.
When consent takes the form of seeking to possess the things we wish, this is called desire. When consent takes the form of enjoying the things we wish, this is called joy.
There could be nothing more fortunate for human affairs than that by the mercy of God they who are endowed with true piety of life if they have the skill for ruling people should also have the power.
Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace.
He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner.
A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens.
His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses: present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation.
... the earthly city glories in itself, the Heavenly City glories in the Lord.
Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms?
And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in eve...
