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.
SAINT AUGUSTINELearn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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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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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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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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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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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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