Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
SAINT AUGUSTINEUnhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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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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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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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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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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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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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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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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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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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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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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