We speak, but it is God who teaches.
SAINT AUGUSTINETrust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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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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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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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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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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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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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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