We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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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.
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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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