If you understood him, it would not be God.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWe made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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