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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine 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.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.
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