"'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it, and today more than yesterday I want to try to prove it.' But you have to cut out sin courageously from the root, as the holy Bishop of Hippo did."

-- Josemaria Escriva

#Father Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Past Quotes

“Even fairly good students, when they have obtained the solution of the problem and written down neatly the argument, shut their books and look for something else. Doing so, they miss an important and instructive phase of the work. ... A good teacher should understand and impress on his students the view that no problem whatever is completely exhausted.”
“The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment, which at best is found to be very relative, but in the pursuit, where all the powers of the mind and character are brought into play and are absorbed by the task. One feels oneself in contact with something that is infinite and one finds joy that is beyond expression in sounding the abyss of science and the secrets of the infinite mind.”
“Procrastination always gives you something to look forward to.”
“Be very careful about your care. Don't use it for sexual high jinks. It can get ugly - trust me. Also be careful when flushing.”
“Social conservatives say who drives the bus.”
“You can't condemn a whole group of people because of the actions of a few.”

Source : Justin Somper (2008). “Vampirates: Blood Captain”, p.80, Hachette UK
“I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability.”
“I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.”

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