I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
SAINT AUGUSTINETruth is not private property.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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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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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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