Saint Augustine Quotes

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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Book Page Travel World
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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Book Light Mind Reading Truth
The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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Body Command Instant Meet Mind Obey Resistance
The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Comparison Cost Obey
Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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Love One Liner Reason
Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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Contrary Miracle Nature
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Consent Creation God Help Save
Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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Dependent God Inspirational Pray Responsiblity Work Hard
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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Future Inspirational Past Saint Sin
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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Explanation Time
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
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Decision Earthquake Errupt Love Madness Temporary
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Dazzle Flory Inspirational Wound
He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Glory God Love Sake
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Dazzle Flory Inspirational Wound
He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Glory God Love Sake
You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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Goodness Holy Lord Need
Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Lord Myself Teaching
Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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Believe God Prayer Work Hard
The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Eternity Gain Life Merit Positive Purpose
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Ansence Justice Organize Robber
Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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God Lord
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Compassion One Liner Patience Wisdom
In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Character Discover Love Observe People
Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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Future God Love Mercy Past Present Provide Trust
I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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Anxiety Friendship Lost Misery Overcome State
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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Future God Love Mercy Mistake Past
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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Friendship Missing Want

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