Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHe that is jealous is not in love.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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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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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 Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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