It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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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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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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