Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIn order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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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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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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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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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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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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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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