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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The measure of love is to love without measure.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine 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.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The purpose of all wars, is peace.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine 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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Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
EpicurusEpicurus When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
Will RogersWill Rogers Time is meant to be wasted, love fails and death is useless.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski The campaign against the death penalty has been – while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
Angela DavisAngela Davis Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
EpicurusEpicurus I believe in life. And I have seen the death parade.
Assata ShakurAssata Shakur Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck Wherever you are afraid, try to explore, and you will find death hiding somewhere behind. All fear is of death. Death is the only fear source.
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