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“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.”

Saint Augustine quotes (Ancient Roman Christian Theologian and Bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430. One of the Latin Fathers of the Church. 354-430)

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“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”

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“Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.”

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“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.”

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“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”

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“Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.”

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“You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.”

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“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.”

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“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”

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“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”

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“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.”

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