In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
SAINT AUGUSTINEThere is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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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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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
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Truth is not private property.
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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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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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