Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
SAINT AUGUSTINEFor what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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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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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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