To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
SAINT AUGUSTINETo fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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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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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
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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 made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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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.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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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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