God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
SAINT AUGUSTINEPut no faith in salvation through the political order.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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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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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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To sing is to pray twice.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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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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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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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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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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