The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThere is no possible source of evil except good.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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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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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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