For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
SAINT AUGUSTINEBeware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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To sing is to pray twice.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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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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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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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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