There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Truth is not private property.
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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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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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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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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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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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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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