The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHope 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.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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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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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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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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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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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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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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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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