He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
Saint AugustineLonging desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.
Saint AugustineThe mind commands the body, and it obeys forthwith; the mind commands itself, and is resisted. The mind commands the hand to be moved, and such readiness is there that the command is scarce to be distinguished from the obedience. Yet the mind is mind, and the hand is body. The mind commands the mind to will, and yet, though it be itself, it obeyeth not. Whence this monstrous thing? and why is it?
Saint Augustine