Saint Augustine on anxiety
Saint Augustine104 quotes“I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.”
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Saint AugustineSaint Augustine You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine 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.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.
Tina FeyTina Fey All publicity works upon anxiety.
John BergerJohn Berger On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison A focus on this deep dissatisfaction is often the starting point in overcoming death anxiety.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom I think that a lot of people are making a lot of money spreading anxiety. Anxiety sells.
Terence McKennaTerence McKenna One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.
Rollo MayRollo May The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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