God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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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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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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