Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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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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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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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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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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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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