Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
SAINT AUGUSTINEUnhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Truth is not private property.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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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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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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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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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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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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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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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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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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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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