Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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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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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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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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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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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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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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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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