I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
SAINT AUGUSTINEOur hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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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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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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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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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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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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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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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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