Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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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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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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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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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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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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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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