St. Augustine of Hippo
"How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity."
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"How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity."
"كيف يتسنى للماضي والمستقبل أن يكونا، والماضي قد انقضى ولم يعد، والمستقبل لم يحن بعد؟ أما الحاضر، فلو ظل حاضراً أبداً ولم يمضِ ليغدو ماضياً، لما كان زماناً، بل أزلاً."
St. Augustine of Hippo
Confessions
"Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline under Your Law."
"للفضول الطليق قدرة أعظم على إذكاء المعرفة من القسر الصارم. بيد أن هذا السيل الجامح من الفضول يُقوّمه الانضباط في ظل ناموسك."
St. Augustine of Hippo
Confessions
"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement."
St. Augustine of Hippo
"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."
St. Augustine of Hippo
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