The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
SAINT AUGUSTINETwo criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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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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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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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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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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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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