The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
SAINT AUGUSTINEFor what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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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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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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To sing is to pray twice.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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