It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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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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