God gives where he finds empty hands.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIn order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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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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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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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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