In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
SAINT AUGUSTINEThrough the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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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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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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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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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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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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