Patience is the companion of wisdom.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIt’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.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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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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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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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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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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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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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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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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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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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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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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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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