Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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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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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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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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Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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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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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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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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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