For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
SAINT AUGUSTINEPatience is the companion of wisdom.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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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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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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