I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
SAINT AUGUSTINELord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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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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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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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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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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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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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
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Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
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