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.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWithout God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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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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Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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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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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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