We speak, but it is God who teaches. - Augustine of Hippo

Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.

...Since divine truth and scripture clearly teach us that God, the Creator of all things, is Wisdom, a true philosopher will be a lover of God. That does not mean that all who answer to the name are really in love with genuine wisdom, for it is one thing to be and another to be called a philosopher.

I fell away from you, my God, and I went astray, too far astray from you, the support of my youth, and I became to myself a land of want.