No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIn the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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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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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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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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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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