Saint Augustine on body
Saint Augustine104 quotes“The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.”
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine What 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.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
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David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
CindyCindy You are the love I could never escape not that I would ever want to.
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We communicate all the time, even when we don’t realize it. Be aware of body language.
Pat SummittPat Summitt My happy thoughts help create my healthy body.
Louise HayLouise Hay Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
Keira KnightleyKeira Knightley To change the printout of the body, you must learn to rewrite the software of the mind.
Deepak ChopraDeepak Chopra Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.
Anne LamottAnne Lamott I am willing to learn how to take good care of my body.
Louise HayLouise Hay Peace is when I am cuddled up in a snug wool blanket with a hot coffee in hand without worry in mind, so I can dream about red sunsets and the scent of warm, sun kissed bodies.
Zuzanna SzostakZuzanna Szostak There is no such thing as a summer body. Your beauty is not seasonal, it is perennial. Your body need not change for your skin to enjoy the sun.
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