I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove is the beauty of the soul.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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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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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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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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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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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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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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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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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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