Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
SAINT AUGUSTINEI was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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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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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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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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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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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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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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