Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
SAINT AUGUSTINEFor what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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Truth is not private property.
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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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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 measure of love is to love without measure.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
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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 you understood him, it would not be God.
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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