Saint Augustine on happiness
Saint Augustine104 quotes“Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.”
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine 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 AugustineSaint Augustine He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine We speak, but it is God who teaches.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine We speak, but it is God who teaches.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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