There is no possible source of evil except good.
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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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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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.
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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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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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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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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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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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.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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