The angels surround and help the priest when he is celebrating Mass.
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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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Humility is essential for genuine virtues to exist in a person.
Saint Augustine highlights the importance of humility as a fundamental virtue that underpins all others. He suggests that without true humility, any other virtues are superficial and lack authentic value, emphasizing the idea that personal growth and moral qualities are rooted in a humble disposition.
Themes
HumilityVirtuesSoulFoundationAppearance
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about personal development, one might say, 'As Saint Augustine pointed out, humility is the foundation of all virtues.'
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All quotes βThere is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was displeased by many things You had made. Because my soul didn't dare to say that my God displeased me, it refused to attribute to You whatever was displeasing.
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
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Whatever skills I have acquired, whatever gifts I have been given, I place them at Your service.
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Everyone who observes himself doubting observes a truth, and about that which he observes he is certain; therefore he is certain about a truth. Everyone therefore who doubts whether truth exists has in himself a truth on which not to doubt.... Hence one who can doubt at all ought not to doubt the existence of truth.
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