Man has been naturally so created that it is advantageous for him to be submissive, but disastrous for him to follow his own will, and not the will of his creator.
Saint AugustineGod bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves.
Saint AugustineThe honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
Saint Augustine