The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

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"“Late have I loved Thee, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved Thee!......”"

- St. Augustine of Hippo

Love

"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections."

- St. Augustine of Hippo

Self-awareness

"You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones."

- St. Augustine of Hippo

Inspiration

"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."

- St. Augustine of Hippo

Learning

"For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them."

- St. Augustine of Hippo

Faith

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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

- Leonardo DaVinci

Inspiration

"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives."

- Socrates

Inspiration

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air."

- Wilbur Wright

Inspiration

"Sometimes, flying feels too God-like to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see."

- Charles A. Lindbergh

Inspiration

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Inspiration