What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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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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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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
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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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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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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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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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