I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
SAINT AUGUSTINESin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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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 greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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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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