He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
SAINT AUGUSTINESince love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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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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