Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIn the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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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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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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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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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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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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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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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