Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod gives where he finds empty hands.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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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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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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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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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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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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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 who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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