It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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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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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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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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