Augustine The Free Choice of the Will
"Evil is not a substance, but a perversion of the will which turns away from the higher things to the lower." (De libero arbitrio, 2.19)
"Evil is not a substance, but a perversion of the will which turns away from the higher things to the lower." (De libero arbitrio, 2.19)
"Do not go outside yourself; return into yourself. Truth dwells in the inner man, and if you find your own nature to be mutable, transcend even yourself." (De quantitate animae, 33.72)
"The truth is eternal; and because the soul is capable of apprehending eternal truth, it must possess a nature that is not confined by the limits of time and physical dissolution." (De immortalitate animae, 12.19)
"Do not go abroad. Return within yourself. In the inward man dwells truth." (Soliloquia, 1.1.2)
"The beauty of the whole is composed of parts, and in this divine arrangement, there is nothing that is not in its own way beautiful, even if it appears otherwise to the limited perception of the observer." (De ordine, 2.19.50)
"The happy life is nothing else than perfect knowledge of God. This is the ultimate perfection of the soul, the highest joy, and the only true peace."
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