The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove 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.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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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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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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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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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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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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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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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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He that is jealous is not in love.
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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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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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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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