There is no possible source of evil except good.
SAINT AUGUSTINEFor what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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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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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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Truth is not private property.
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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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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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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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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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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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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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