Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIndeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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Truth is not private property.
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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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