The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWhat then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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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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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
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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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