Saint Augustine Quotes

What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.

Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you king.

Why should only rich men have young, beautiful women? Rich women should have young, beautiful men.

When I rather guiltily read the books on which the TV series 'Game Of Thrones' is based, I was struck by one thing. The whole point of this saga is that ruthlessness pays, that evil generally wins, that justice is non-existent, and utter cynicism the only wisdom. It is the Middle Ages without the saving grace of Christianity.

Who asks a king for a penny?

I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion. Perhaps another person, reading of my life, would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man's opinion any less valid than my own? I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I'm the one with the armies.

Process as process is neither morally good nor morally bad. We may judge results but not process. The morally bad agent may perform the deed which is good. The morally good agent may perform the deed which is bad. Maybe a man has to sell his soul to get the power to do good.

The laughter in response to my question unmasked the double standard our deconstructionists espouse. And that is precisely the double standard of atheism! It is possible to dress up and romanticize our bizarre experiments in social restructuring while disavowing truth or absolutes. But one dares not play such deadly games with the foundations of good thinking.

Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.

I demand from you in the name of your principles the rights which I shall deny to you later in the name of my principles.

The King is in his Tower, eating bread and honey. The Breakers in the basement, making all the money.

"Freedom" in capitalist countries exists only for those who possess money and who consequently hold power.

Morality and ethics are nothing but footballs, wherewith people, strong people play to win points.

We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.

The Reformation has been called in a biting epigram "a rising of the rich against the poor."

Steal a loaf of bread and they hang you, steal a land and they'll make you king.

Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous.

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.

Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host.

My mother used to say when we were children, 'When a boy gets a stick in his hand, his brains run out the other end of it.' Power is a stick in the hand, and I have never heard of anybody who wielded a very big stick of power whose brains did not run out the other end. As a nation, our brains are running out the other end of our power right now.

Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught.

For the ones who are called saints by human opinion on earth may very well be devils, and their light may very well be darkness

She's staring down her desires, while they're staring down her dress.