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“In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what the f...

“At times, it is only possible to hold oneself in God’s presence in silence. It can happen, too, that in arid places, the deserts of pra...

“Truth comes from things, and our senses uncover it there... There is no body, however small that cannot be broken up into countless par...

“The soul generates, nourishes, and increases: generates as regards essence, nourishes as regards quality, and increases as regards quan...

“St. Augustine’s language is rich and colorful, but often lacking in precision. His was not a didactic mind, and preoccupations of sci...

“How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present ...

“There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge available to us: observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Obser...

“I and Pangur Bán my cat, 'Tis a like task we are at: Hunting mice is his delight, Hunting words I sit all night. Better far th...