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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.

Saint Augustine

Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Believe Faith Inspirational Reward Understand
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Happiness Impossible Indeed Live Man
If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Correct Goodness Growth Love Pardon Root Silence Speak
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Goodness Live Time
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.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Beware Danger Devil Existence Hell Mathematics
The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Comparison Cost Obey
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
He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Glory God Love Sake
Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

God Heart Religious Rest
Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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Forgiveness One Liner Sin
We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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Alone Discover Reason Truth Weak
God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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God Man One Liner Provide Raise Sail Wind
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.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Body Die Forever Future Live Soul Take Care
In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Charity Essential Liberty Unity
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 AUGUSTINE

Die Ending God Immortal Live Mortal
He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

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