Augustine of Hippo Quotes

by Pier Marton | Aug 7, 2010 | Afri, Ideas, Quotes

Unless you believe, you will not understand – a parallel to Marshall McLuhan’s Until I believe it I can’t see it.
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you.
Hope has two beautiful daughters, anger and courage: anger that sees things the way they are, and courage to make things the way they ought to be.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Love the sinner and hate the sin.
Resentment is like taking poison and hoping the other person dies.

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus