by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
We find nothing in a man except body and spirit; thus, this is what he is, body and spirit.Enarrationes in Psalmos 145, 5.
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Love of the world changes the soul; love of the Creator of the world purifies the soul. Sermo 142, 3.
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Love either rises or falls. With honest love we rise to God; with dishonest love we fall into the pit.Enarrationes in psalmos 122, 1.
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
The soul swells with desire for the thing that is coveted not for the joy of having possessed it.Enarrationes in psalmos 39, 3.
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
For man himself, insofar as he is a man, is something good because he can live an upright life whenever he so wishes.De libero arbitrio II, 1, 2.