The angels surround and help the priest when he is celebrating Mass.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Wars are fought with the ultimate goal of achieving peace.
Saint Augustine's quote suggests a profound paradox in the nature of conflict, indicating that despite the destruction and suffering that wars bring, their ultimate aim is to establish a lasting peace. This perspective invites reflection on the moral complexities of human actions and the often contradictory means through which societies seek stability and harmony.
Themes
WarPeaceConflictPhilosophyHumanity
In practice
Example use cases
During a lecture on the implications of warfare, one might quote Augustine to argue for reconciliation.
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All quotes →There 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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