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.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIf you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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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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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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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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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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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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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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