Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
SAINT AUGUSTINEYou are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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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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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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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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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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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.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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