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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.

Saint Augustine

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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Eternity Gain Life Merit Positive Purpose
Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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Look One Liner Place Right Sin Wrong
There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Evil Goodness Possible Source
God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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God Money Need Poor Receive
If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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Gift God Preparation Respond Slow
God gives where he finds empty hands.
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Empty Giving God Hands
The measure of love is to love without measure.
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Love Measure One Liner
Love is the beauty of the soul.
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Beauty Love One Liner Soul
He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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God Himself Love Positive
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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Body Die Forever Future Live Soul Take Care
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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Accomplishment Action Advance Glory Humility Value Virtue Work
It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Advantage Close Eyes Inspirational Light
He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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Atheist Deny Existence God
Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.
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Channel Energy One Liner Sin Wrong
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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Beginning Break Up Ending Growth Kiss Love Smile Tears
Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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Angel Dance Heaven Learn
Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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Believe God Prayer Work Hard
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Goodness Live Time
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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Believe Faith Inspirational Reward Understand
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Consent Creation God Help Save
Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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Finding God Trouble
We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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Alone Discover Reason Truth Weak
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Crime Despair God Lord Save
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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Explanation Time
Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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Inspirational Justice Right Wrong
Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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Acceptance Believe Heaven Rational Reason Seek Soul
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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Love Philosophy

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