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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.

Saint Augustine

If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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Gift God Preparation Respond Slow
I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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Love Philosophy
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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Future God Love Mercy Mistake Past
There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Evil Goodness Possible Source
The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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One Liner Peace Purpose War
It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Advantage Close Eyes Inspirational Light
Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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Finding God Trouble
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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Book Light Mind Reading Truth
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Complete Easy Moderation Perfection
The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Comparison Cost Obey
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Goodness Live Time
The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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Blood Carry Dwell Soul Spirit
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
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Achievement Adventure Fall In Love God Greatness Human Romance Seek
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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Beauty Growth Love Soul
Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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Believe Faith Inspirational Reward Understand
Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Adversity Brave Cheer Endurance Love Moderate Prosperity Suffering

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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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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