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.
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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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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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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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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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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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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