Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWhat are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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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.
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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Truth is not private property.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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