God gives where he finds empty hands.
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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I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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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.
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