Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
SAINT AUGUSTINENo one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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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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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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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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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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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He that is jealous is not in love.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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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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