What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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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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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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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.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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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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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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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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