He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
SAINT AUGUSTINESin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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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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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
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Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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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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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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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.
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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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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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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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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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