The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
SAINT AUGUSTINEChrist is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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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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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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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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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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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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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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Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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